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BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521

STERLING – A teenage boy appeared in Whiteside County Court on Tuesday morning for what turned out to be 5-minute hearing related to the March 1 shooting death of his best friend, Matt Anderson.

The brown-haired Rock Falls teen, whom Sauk Valley Media is declining to identify at this time, was accompanied by his parents and his attorney, James Mertes.

Judge Bill McNeal was hearing the case, but because of a new motion filed by Mertes seeking a change of judge, McNeal did not address charges against the teen,

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and the hearing ended.

The boy’s next court hearing is scheduled for Aug. 25.

Afterward, Assistant State’s Attorney Carol Linkowski declined to say what charge or charges have been filed because, she said, the teen is being tried as a juvenile.

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Victims to receive $2,350 Ruling: Restitution payments from boys must start in October

BY CHRISTI WARREN cwarren@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5521

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Denton Fugate hangs on for a wild ride Tuesday night during professional bull riding at the Whiteside County Fair. The grandstand was packed for the first day of the fair in Morrison.

A bull wrangler gets knocked to the ground by “Hammerhead” during a night of professional bull riding at the Whiteside County Fair.

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STERLING – Two half-brothers who caused the fire that burned down much of downtown Prophetstown last summer were ordered Tuesday to pay $2,350 in restitution.

The boys, now 13 and 17, will begin payments in October of $10 a month and $25 a month, respectively, Whiteside County Court Judge Bill McNeal ruled.

Of the total, $1,100 will be paid to Dolores Francis, $1,000 to Kenneth and Mary Stegmiller, and $250 to Susan Nelson, all of whom lost property in the blaze.

Also Tuesday, Shirley Ott, who lost her business, truck, and apartment in the fire on July 15, 2013, asked for $100,000 in restitution. She estimated that the true financial cost of her loss was about $2 million, although she said she never had anything appraised.

When defense attorney Mark Holldorf asked Ott, now of Erie, how much she had paid for the building that housed her business and apartment, she said they cost $35,000 35 years ago, but prices inflate.

McNeal decided to delay the matter of her restitution until her insurance company finishes with its payments; she already has received $116,000.

The boys’ next court hearing is June 9, 2015.

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OREGON – The wait is over: The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has given its blessing to a plan to repair the 103-year-old Black Hawk statue that has been damaged by weather and time. “It’s my understanding that the IDNR has approved the plan,�

Frank Rausa of Sterling said Tuesday. “Now all that’s left to do is issuing contracts. We’re making progress.�

Rausa is a member of the Friends of the Black Hawk Statue, the organization spear-heading restoration and fundraising efforts.

The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

OK’d the plan last week.

Approval from both agencies was needed for the work to move forward.

The statue, which overlooks the Rock River from a high bluff at Lowden State Park near Oregon, is under the IDNR’s jurisdiction. The agency received a $350,000 grant for the project from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

Because the statue has landmark status, IHPA also had to sign off. Black Hawk has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2009.

Created by sculptor Lorado Taft in 1910 as a tribute to all Native Americans, the statue draws thousands of visi-

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tors each year. It was unveiled in 1911.

Testing and evaluations done last fall and this spring by Thornton Tomasetti of Chicago, an architectural firm that provides engineering design, investigation, and analysis services to clients worldwide, showed that three areas of the statue greatly needed repairs.

Chunks of the concrete have fallen from its folded arms, and more areas are loose and ready to fall.

Preparation work began in mid-July when a crew removed the bushes and limestone blocks from around the base of the

statue and put up a fence around it. Scaffolding was delivered late last week.

Special stairs are needed for the scaffolding, but once they are secured and the scaffolding is in place, the repair team will begin testing various mixtures of concrete and other materials to see which one will work the best.

A rededication ceremony will be held once the work is done, probably in July.

So far, about $725,000 has been raised for repairs; $75,000 to $100,000 more likely be needed to complete the project, Rausa said

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The Black Hawk statue at Lowden Park near Oregon has a different look, with the nearby pine tree cut down and the bushes surrounding the statue removed. Work to restore the statue may get underway, now that the IDNR has approved the plan.

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Stain rag cause of Member resigns; rezoning request denied weekend house fire

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DIXON – A cloth containing wood stain was the cause of a fire that caused serious damage to a home just north of Dixon Saturday morning. “A stain rag was in the back of a vehicle parked in the garage,� Dixon Rural Fire Department Chief Sid Aurand said. “The rag was wet, causing it to spontaneously combust.�

The three-alarm fire at 1931 Hidden Shores Drive was first called in at 5:54 a.m. Saturday.

Dixon Rural was assisted by firefighters from the Dixon City, Franklin Grove, Sterling, Rock Falls, Polo, Amboy, and Ashton fire departments. Firefighters were at the scene until about 11:36 a.m. Saturday.

Several people were in the home when the fire started, because a slumber party was held there Friday night, Dixon Rural Fire Capt. Nancy Mercer said. Everyone was out of the home when the first firefighters arrived.

Aurand said this is the first fire he has seen that was caused by stain rags, but that it happens more often than people think.

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while they are drying. While paint dries through evaporation, most stains and sealers dry through oxidation, a process that generates heat.

A chemical reaction can set a rag ablaze without a match or anything else to ignite it. The higher the temperature in the area, the greater the chances a stain rag could ignite.

Aurand said the key is to make sure rags with oil-based wood treatments are allowed to dry properly. Rags become dry and brittle when they are completely dried. “Any time you do staining, you should lay the rags outdoors to dry, away from direct sunlight,� Aurand said. “Once the stain has dried, the rag is no longer a problem.�

POLO – Alderman Matt Mekeel has resigned his seat on the City Council.

In his letter of resignation submitted to the council at its Aug. 4 meeting, Mekeel said he had bought a home in another part of the city and no longer lived in

Ward 2, where he was elected to a 4-year term in April 2013.

Also at the meeting, the council denied a rezoning request filed by Randy Gaul, who wants to build a 20- to 22-unit storage facility at 311 N. Green Ave. The Zoning Board of Appeals had recommended approval of Gaul’s request to rezone

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The area is primarily residential, and Fry said he would prefer to see Gaul’s property remain an empty lot unless a house is built there.

Gaul said the area has mixed residential and commercial zoning.

A motion made by Alderman Dave Ackeberg to approve the request died after it was not seconded.

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Myrna Rae A. Boothe POLO – Myrna Rae Alice Boothe, 74, died the morning of Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at her Polo home.

Myrna Rae was born Oct. 11, 1939, in Milbank, South Dakota, to Clarence and Christine (Stromme) Dornbusch. She was the youngest of their six children. She moved to Sterling with her family as a young child.

Myrna graduated from Sterling High School, and attended nursing school at SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford. She married Robert Eugene Boothe in 1960, and together they raised five children. She received an Associate of Science degree from Sauk Valley Community College, and became a licensed registered nurse in 1977. She was a longtime member of St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church in Polo.

Although she worked as a nurse, and then as an office assistant at Robert’s insurance agency, her true vocation lay with her family. She was a devoted and much-beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, and found joy in her growing family.

Her favorite things were

Christmas, seeing new places, and all things Disney. She was an enthusiastic fan of the Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls, and Polo Marcos.

Myrna is survived by her husband, Robert; sister, Laurene Jane of Downers Grove; brother-in-law, Bill (Nancy) Bauder of Cottonwood, Arizona; children, Beth (Brent) Shipman, Melanie (Scott) Armstrong, Jeff (Theresa) Boothe, Alicia Garrett, and Troy (Ashley) Boothe, all of Polo; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and the funeral at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, 201 N. Division Ave., Polo, with the Rev. Terrie Wilder officiating. Burial will be at Eagle Point Cemetery on Brookville Road in Polo. McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

Memorials may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church and the Wounded Warrior Project.

Visit mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com to send condolences.

STERLING – Mary A. Yarbrough, 74, of Sterling, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014.

Mary was born Jan. 15, 1940, in Moultrie, Georgia, to William Henry and Lucinda (Tanner) Yarbrough. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Quanene Kendrick, Michele Kendrick, and Sean (Marvin) Key, and two sons, Gregory and Craig Kendrick, all of Sterling; six sisters, Effie McGee of Normal, Carrie Yarbrough-Carr of Sterling, Hazel Davis of Long Beach, California, Annie (Dave) McGee of Moreno Valley, California, and Elaine (Fred) Peters and Sharon Webb, both of Clinton, Iowa; five brothers, Isaac (Earline) Mercer and William Henry Yarbrough Jr., both of Dixon, Robert

Yarbrough of Camden, New Jersey, Wesley Yarbrough of Forrestville, Maryland, and Curtis (Edie) Yarbrough of Dixon; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Jimmy Mercer, Alec Mercer, and Bernie Yarbrough.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and the funeral at 1 p.m. Friday at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling, with Jerry Wright, pastor of The Rock Christian Church in Dekalb, officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling.

A memorial has been established.

Visit schillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

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CLINTON, Iowa – Sharon Webb, 58, of Clinton, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, at Rockford Memorial Hospital.

Sharon was born Dec. 1, 1955, in Vadalia, Georgia, to William Henry and Lucinda (Tanner) Yarbrough. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Candra Yarbrough of Herrin and Lucinda Yarbrough, of Arizona; one son, Jason Spicer of Marion; five sisters, Effie McGee of Normal, Carrie Yarbrough-Carr of Sterling, Hazel Davis of Long Beach, California, Annie (Dave) Robert R. Larson III McGee of Moreno ValMOUNT CARROLL – Robert R. Larson III, 53, of ley, California, and Elaine Mount Carroll, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at his (Fred) Peters of Clinton, home.

Iowa; five brothers, Isaac Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll is (Earline) Mercer and Wilhandling arrangements. liam Henry Yarbrough Jr.,

both of Dixon, Robert Yarbrough of Camden, New Jersey, Wesley Yarbrough of Forrestville, Maryland, and Curtis (Edie) Yarbrough of Dixon; 13 grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Mary Yarbrough; and three brothers, Jimmy Mercer, Alec Mercer, and Bernie Yarbrough.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the funeral at 1 p.m. Friday at Schilling Funeral Home in Sterling, with Jerry Wright, pastor of The Rock Christian Church in DeKalb, officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling.

A memorial has been established.

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Carolyn Sue Aurand DIXON – Carolyn Sue Bain Aurand, 72, of Dixon, took her last breath of earthly air at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon. She began breathing celestial air at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in paradise. She pressed on toward the goal to win the prize for which God called her heavenward in Jesus Christ.

Carolyn was born Jan. 22, 1942, in Dixon, the daughter of Elmer and Myrtie (Webb) Bain. She married Kyle Aurand on Oct. 1, 1960, in Dixon.

She was a member of Bethel Evangelical Congregational Church in Dixon. Carolyn was an exquisite seamstress and quilter. She held many different leadership positions within the Christian Women’s Club, and was a leader at Bible Study Fellowship in Moline for several years. Carolyn’s greatest calling in life was volunteering with Prison Fellowship for more than 20 years, ministering throughout Illinois prisons and dedicating most of her time to the Dixon Correctional Center.

Survivors include her husband, Kyle Aurand of Dixon; one son, Keith Aurand, and one daughter, Joyce (David) Dahl,

both of Polo; four sisters, Loretta Samuels of Dixon, Shirley (Ken) Gaul of Florida, Mary (Don) Johnson of Ashton, and Norma (Nat) Bauer of Rockford; two granddaughters, Rachel (Jon) Haas of Dixon and Abigail Dahl of Polo; and one great-granddaughter, Marian Haas of Dixon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Glenda Boehme; several brothers-in-law; and two nephews.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethel Evangelical Congregational Church in Dixon. A celebration of God’s glory in the life of Carolyn will be 11 a.m.

Saturday at the church.

Burial will be at Grand Detour Cemetery. Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon is handling arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to Serenity Hospice & Home, 1658 state Route 2 South, P.O. Box 462, Oregon, IL 61061; and Bethel Evangelical Congregational Church, 131 N. Court, Dixon, IL 61021.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

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City on pace to complete most of 2014 goals A vote Monday is likely to put the process of crossing off another goal for the city into motion.

The City Council is expected to vote on whether to place a contract for a review of the financial controls on file.

That review was among the 18 goals Mayor Jim Burke listed in January as worthy projects for the city.

By my estimation, the city is likely to achieve or be in the process of achieving all but two of those goals by the end of this year, with raising $200,000 for a Ronald Reagan statue and refurbishing the Galena Avenue bridge being the two that won’t be finished.

There are really five categories these 18 goals can be divided into at this point: completed or

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underway, expected to be underway, not likely to be completed, yet to be addressed, and ongoing.

To date, the city has completed the merger between Dixon Main Street and the Riverfront Commission, and restarted the petunia planting program.

But the city also has made considerable ground on two other goals: the downtown streetscape project and

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establishing an entrepreneurship support program, which might take the form of a mentorship program.

There’s a group of six goals that haven’t been started, but likely will get underway before the end of the year: s 2ENOVATING PARTS OF City Hall. The contract with the engineering company has been approved. s 0UTTING THE CONTRACT for a review of the city’s financial controls on file. s "URKE HAS BEEN reviewing codes of ethics for other organizations

and municipalities, and will likely present something to the City Council for approval before the end of the year. s 3TRATEGIC PLANNING for the city is expected to start in the coming months and likely will include discussions about two other issues Burke wanted explored: growing the city’s population and a master plan for the airport.

Some of Burke’s goals are things he wants the city to do and continue to do and should be considered ongoing, like “continue prudent finan-

cial management policy and efficient operation of city departments by professional, well-trained employees.�

Also included in this group is the goal of working with local groups to make Dixon a “mecca for the performing arts� in northern Illinois; financially supporting local entities such as The Next Picture Show and Main Street; and continue the expanded street maintenance program.

Finally, there are two goals that have yet to be addressed, but might still happen or start to progress before the end of the year: obtaining national designation as a bicyclefriendly community; and obtaining public support “for a first-class waterpark incorporated into Veterans Memorial Pool.�

Streetscape landscaping

Monday, the city waived the bidding process for landscaping work for the downtown streetscape project and awarded the contract for the work to Dreamscapes

by Dennis for about $53,000, Commissioner Jeff Kuhn said.

The city had advertised for bids, but didn’t receive any. Waiving the process allowed the city to speed up the search for a company from about 2 weeks to about a week, Kuhn said.

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In the 6 months since the shooting, State Police investigators have declined to release basic information on the case, including the age of the boy who, authorities say, shot his 15-year-old best friend in the Rock Falls home of a State Police trooper.

Immediately after the shooting, police declared it an “accident,� but would not say how they had come to that conclusion.

Now, however, Whiteside County apparently is pursuing some charge or charges against the youth.

State’s Attorney Trish Joyce couldn’t be reached for comment on Tuesday.

State Police last week declined this newspaper’s request, filed under the state’s Freedom of Information Act, seeking details of the shooting and the investigation.

That agency is taking a different approach than have other local police agencies in handling high-profile matters involving juveniles.

When two half-broth-

ers set Prophetstown’s historic downtown ablaze last summer, Prophetstown Police were quick to inform the media when the boys were arrested.

Their names were not released.

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MOUNT CARROLL – Two Camp Benson counselors are wrapping up a summer session, but they won’t be home any time soon.

Two local 21-year-olds, Anthony Cornilsen of Rock Falls and Tanner Thompson of Sterling, set out on the Men in Red 1,000-mile journey Tuesday to raise money for a charity important to their camp.

They left from Camp Benson, which is owned and operated by the Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA. The camp is attended by boys and girls, ages 5 to 17, from YMCAs all over northwest Illinois and the Chicago area. The camp started in Sterling in 1928, and was moved to Mount Carroll in 1957.

The path Anthony and Tanner will take ultimately takes them to Columbus, Ohio, before turning around and

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Counselors go to Chicago Fire games as a peer-building exercise, so the money raised on their walk will be given to the Major League Soccer team’s foundation.

The foundation supports programs for disadvantaged youth. “The foundation does a lot for local kids,� Anthony said. “They help with youth soccer and other

programs that teach leadership.�

Tanner said the Columbus stop was chosen because of the Fire’s soccer rivalry with the Crew. “We thought it would be fitting to make a stop there,� he said. “We’re big fans of the Fire and what they give back, so we just wanted to give back to the team we enjoyed so much through camp.�

The duo won’t be keeping with a tight schedule, planning to walk between 50 and 75 days on backroads.

Tanner said a special prize will be given to their biggest donor. “Whether it’s an individual or group, the biggest donor will get a soccer ball autographed by

Anthony Cornilsen of Rock Falls and Tanner Thompson of Sterling departed from Camp Benson on Tuesday morning for the Men in Red 1,000-mile journey, which will raise money for a charity important to the camp. the entire Chicago Fire team,� he said.

Anthony, a Rock Falls High School graduate, is the son of Laura Cornilsen of Rock Falls, and Bryan Cornilsen of Sterling. Tanner, a Newman alumnus, is the son of Brenda Van Horn of Sterling, and Dave

Thompson of Sterling.

Laura Cornilsen said this is just the latest project in giving back for the walkers. “Anthony has done charity things for many years,� she said. “He’s planning to do Locks of Love for the fifth time, and he was involved in

the sleep-out for the homeless and other projects through the Key Club in high school.�

Anthony and Tanner have relied largely on word-of-mouth advertising for their fundraiser, but they still hope to raise a minimum of between $3,000 and $4,000.

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Fair parade canceled; but why, exactly?

Skeptics offer own reasons

Jim Morin, MorinToons Syndicate

EDITORIAL

People enriched by friends; county fairs need them, too T

o make a friend, you have to be a friend.

For 25 years, the Whiteside County Fair Board has engaged in a program to acknowledge people who have been its friends.

What does it take to be a Friend of the Fair?

On its website, the fair board defines its “friends� as “those who have made an extra effort to support and make the annual fair as much fun as possible for all those who participate and attend the many shows and events.�

This year, the fair board named two of its own – Paul Vock and Dan Heusinkveld – as 2014 Friends of the Fair.

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financial condition.

Economic and societal changes have also The newest Friends of the Whiteside County Fair are well deserving of the honor. impacted county fairs.

The 144th Whiteside We encourage Sauk Valley residents County Fair, which opened in Morrison to attend the 144th fair this week.

Tuesday and runs Humble and hard horse superintendent for through Saturday, still working, Vock and 20 years and has been on has a strong lineup of entertainment, not to Heusinkveld, both of the board since 1979. mention interesting Morrison, probably Heusinkveld, 77, who exhibits and a wide variwould have preferred also joined the board ety of judging events. that someone else in 1979, has supervised Oh, and did we menreceive the honor. They harness racing for more tion fair food? were chosen “basically, than 30 years.

We congratulate the against our wishes,�

It should be noted that Vock said, laughing. operating a county fair is fair on its 144th year, and we encourage strong But we agree with the not an easy endeavor. fair board that both The ordinary challeng- attendance.

With friends like Vock veteran volunteers, who es of putting on an event and Heusinkveld, the have been involved that is so dependent on Whiteside County Fair for more than 35 years the weather for optiis bound to be around each, certainly merit mum attendance have for many more years to recognition. been made more difcome.

Vock, 79, was heavy ficult by the state’s dire

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Street help, baskets truly appreciated PAT KAZMERSKI Dixon

I, too, would like to thank Street Commissioner Jeff Kuhn for his assistance with a street problem.

First United Methodist Church sponsored a blood drive on July 29. I called Mr. Kuhn at home to inquire whether Peoria Avenue would be open or whether we should cancel the drive. Mr. Kuhn assured me that the street would be open, and I was not to worry.

Sure enough, one hour before the drive began, the barriers were removed from the south side on Peoria so that the truck could drive up to the church and unload at the door.

This was a tremendous help, as it saved a lot of time and effort.

The truck was allowed to be parked there all day, also.

So thank you, Mr. Kuhn, for helping with the blood drive that was very successful.

I also would like to thank the Dixon in Bloom Committee for the beautiful hanging baskets. What an asset to the city.

Thank God and Truman for war’s end NATHAN JOHNSON Dixon

Yes, Aug. 6 was a day in history. Why? Because the B-29, the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

We had orders to load on a landing ship tank (LST) or landing ship medium (LSM) to invade Japan. I was 19 years old, a tank driver with the 193rd Tank Battalion with the 27th Division. Our orders were we would have to kill all

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Japanese, young, old, children, or we would be killed. They would not surrender.

So most of us who are still here today can thank God and Truman. Then on Thursday, Aug. 9, the B-29 Boxcar dropped the second atomic bomb.

If we would have invaded Japan, we would have probably killed most all of the Japanese people, and there would not be any living today.

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Bring on the conspiracy theorists.

For what may be only the second time in state history, the Illinois State Fair’s kickoff parade was canceled.

The reason, of course, was because heavy rain was tracking toward Springfield, which forecasters said could produce flash flooding.

Now, the route takes the parade through one of Springfield’s notorious railroad underpasses that often seem like they could get flooded with a decent lawn sprinkler. You don’t want your parade floats living up to their names, let alone havGov. Pat ing Gov. Pat Quinn Quinn and Why was his oppothe State nent, Bruce Fair parade canceled?

Rauner, dogp a d d l i n g Conspiracy and through an theorists, columnist underpass.

Doug Finke, As we know want to know. by now, the heavy stuff never hit Springfield, even though forecasts are almost never wrong. So now, people can turn their attention to the real reason the parade was canceled – at least in their own minds.

Was it to keep the governor from being heckled while the crowd cheered for Rauner?

Did Rauner show up with a much larger contingent than Quinn?

Did Quinn already have enough stock footage of himself walking in the parade and didn’t need any more?

Have at it, folks.

#AMPAIGN VIDEO GAMES Computers are wonderful things. Campaign videos you can watch on the computer, not so much.

Quinn and Rauner both put out videos last week that sort of underscore the point that just because the technology exists, doesn’t mean you use it well.

Quinn had a video meant to capitalize on news that Rauner has money stashed in the Cayman Islands. It was meant to explain what was going on and how this was bad. It did. All 4 minutes, 30 seconds of it. Readers of a certain age will remember those yawner educational films they showed in school.

This was the modern equivalent.

To the Quinn campaign’s credit, it was followed the next day by a spot that got the same message across in a much punchier way in a mere 48 seconds.

“Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.�

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Rauner’s contribution was a minute-long video of “Quinnocchio� jumping around (literally) in various locations along with some narrative to underscore Quinn’s shortcomings. It was all presented as a movie trailer complete with an opening shot saying, “The following preview has been approved for intelligent Illinois voters.�

Humor is often in the eye of the beholder.

1UOTABLE QUOTES “The way you become governor is you work as hard as you can and you read as much as you can.� – Quinn answering a school kid’s question last week and leaving out some of the more pertinent details of getting elected governor nowadays. “My job is to eat my way across the Illinois State Fair. I’ve done that the last few years.� – Quinn, explaining a perk of working hard and reading as much as you can to get elected governor.

/UT TO LUNCH The latest giveaway from the Quinn campaign is tickets to the Illinois State Fair.

The tickets come with a chance to eat lunch with Quinn.

Just think, you get to enjoy all of the sights, sounds, and smells of the state fair with Quinn and other Democrats on Governor’s Day. Presumably, lunch with the governor should be a bit quieter than it was a couple of years ago. That’s when labor unions – upset with contract talks dragging on interminably and the rumblings of pension reform – converged on Quinn and chanted slogans as he walked through the fairgrounds on Governor’s Day. They kept it up even as he and some aides sat eating sandwiches in the Pork Pavilion before attending the Democrats’ rally at the fair.

That was the year the union demonstrators pretty much drowned out Quinn’s speech at the political rally.

Not that the public employee unions are all that enamored of Quinn, but they view the alternative as worse. Quinn ought to be able to at least have a peaceful lunch this year.

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ELECTION 2014 | STATE TREASURER’S RACE

Campaign trail heats up over accusations State senator calls attacks from Cross ‘revisionist history’

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Illinois Sen. Michael Frerichs , D-Champaign, speaks to reporters in May at the state Capitol in Springfield.

Frerichs, the Democratic candidate for state treasurer, faces Republican challenger Tom Cross in a race that is becoming increasingly contentious.

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois Republican candidate for treasurer Tom Cross’ campaign accused his Democratic opponent Tuesday of financial mismanagement and political patronage, stirring controversy in the race for a typically overlooked statewide office.

At a string of stops around central Illinois, Cross’ campaign detailed the demise of an early retirement buyout program proposed in 2003

by Mike Frerichs, then a

newly-appointed auditor for Champaign County.

Frerichs pitched the program as a good tool to deal with budgetary problems for the county board.

But the Early Retirement Initiative program failed to achieve savings, and instead caused the county’s unfunded liability to increase by more than $2 million, and increased the county’s annual contribution to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.

Champaign County later had $2.75 million in bonds issued to pay off the funding shortfall and Frerichs was replaced as the county agent who dealt with the retirement fund.

Cross also accused

Frerichs of improperly pushing the county to hire two local Democrats – one of them Tom his former Cross campaign manager – who were ill-equipped for the positions.

Cross, a state representative from Oswego and former House Republican leader, was represented by supporters at the events by former federal prosecutor and past Illinois GOP Chair Pat Brady and a former Champaign County clerk.

Brady called the allegations “two critical issues�

URBANA

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City’s police mine their history

Parents plead not guilty in death

Officers putting together picture book and video

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URBANA (AP) – It’s hard to believe in this age of instant information, but if you wanted to know who the Urbana police chief was in 1940, you might not be able to find out so easily. A group of Urbana police officers is trying to rectify that. “I want to put together a department roster that’s comprehensive for all time containing dates of service and badge numbers,� Matt Rivers said.

A 6-year member of the department, Rivers, 32, is spearheading an effort to put together a picture book and a video of the department’s history by this time next year, which will be the 160th anniversary of the city’s first marshal. “There were 400-plus officers who walked the same streets and dealt with the same problems we have now. Our origins are from the 1850s,�

Rivers said of the police force. “I’m complete from 1855 to 1932, and I feel pretty good about 1966 to the present.�

It’s that 34-year gap in the middle he’d like help with.

He’s getting a hand from two department veterans.

Duane Maxey, 55, is the longest-serving sworn officer, still working after 27 years. John Lockard, 66, has been with the department for 43 years – the first 29 as a police officer

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Matt Rivers, a detective with the Urbana Police Department, sorts through his 4 months’ worth of materials on the department’s history that he’s compiled. Rivers is spearheading an effort to put together a picture book and a video of the department’s history by this time next year. and the last 14 as its civilian evidence technician.

They’d like to hear from anyone who might have police memorabilia or information. “Pictures, artifacts, maps,� Rivers said. “If someone came out of nowhere and said, ‘My grandpa was a police officer and decided it wasn’t for him,’ we’d like to know that. We lost lots of information when we moved to this building in the ’60s.�

All three having been detectives is a boost to the project.

“It’s a big giant investigation is what it is,� said Rivers, who got inspired to start collating the history while looking at composite pictures of past police officers on the walls of the city building at 400 S. Vine St. For the past 4 months, he’s spent a lot of time looking at photos and newspaper articles in the archives of the Urbana Free Library. He’s also consulted retired Champaign police officers who have collected a lot of their department’s history.

“I’ve always had an interest in what came before me, whether it’s family history or police,� said Rivers, who recently did research that reunited his father with a sister he hadn’t seen in 50 years. “The reward from that was understandably personal but we can all benefit from knowing where we came from.

We want to understand it and be proud of it. We want to preserve that as much as we can.� “For us to understand why we do what we do, we have to understand the people who came before us and who they were,� Maxey added.

Maxey and Lockard have incredible institutional memory. Rivers said he often finds reasons to go to the evidence room when Lockard is in. “No matter what, I can tell him something, and it will remind him of a story,� Rivers said. “His ability to recall these things is impressive.�

Lockard and Maxey are having fun reminiscing as they conduct videotaped interviews with retired officers, which they hope to edit down and make into a keepsake oral history on which they can build. “It’s so incredibly fascinating,� Maxey said. “We’re not talking about monumental historical events, but these are men who are relating life-changing events for them. It’s good for them and good for us to hear.

It helps us to keep our perspective. We’re not the first men or women to walk down this path.�

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Frerichs, of Champaign, issued a written statement to The Associated Press confirming basic facts behind allegations but denying wrongdoing.

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Police won’t name cop who shot teen Department: Death threats keeping info under wraps FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton pressed police Tuesday to release the name of the officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager in suburban St. Louis, but he also pleaded for calm after two nights of violent protests.

The officer was placed on

administrative leave Saturday after fatally shooting 18-yearold Michael Brown in Ferguson, where the case has stoked racial tension, rallies and a night of looting. Police say death threats prompted them to withhold the officer’s name.

Investigators have released few details, saying only that the shooting was preceded by a scuffle between the officer and a man in which the officer’s weapon fired

inside a patrol car. Witnesses say Brown had his hands raised when the officer repeatedly shot him in the predominantly black city of about 21,000 residents. “The local authorities have put themselves in a position – hiding names and not being transparent – where people will not trust anything but an objective investigation,� Sharpton, standing with Brown’s parents, said during a news conference in St. Louis.

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Daughter’s stalker ratchets up his accusations Dear Abby, I am very concerned about my 33-year-old daughter’s safety. A man in his mid-60s, someone she met at a previous job, has become obsessed with her.

He has declared his love for her, divorced his wife and slathered my struggling, single daughter with gifts over the last 3 years.

She has refused his advances on nearly a daily basis, and he is now tracking her every move.

If she leaves her house for even 30 minutes, he knows and accuses her of going to have sex with someone. If she says she’s coming to my house, he

lately. I’m frantic about her safety. What should I do? – Scared Mom in Florida

out a restraining order because this person appears to be unbalanced and may be dangerous.

Dear Scared Mom, Your daughter’s “admirer� is showing all the signs of being a stalker. Why is she carrying on ANY conversations with him and telling him where she’s going? If she accepted gifts he “slathered� on her, it drives by to verify it. If it may be why he feels she takes her longer than he encouraged him. They thinks it should, he accus- should be returned. es her of having sex with You and your daughter someone. She swears that should go to the police she has never had sex and report what he has with him. been doing. It may be It has really intensified necessary for her to take

Dear Abby, My boyfriend and I recently decided to get married. We plan to go to the courthouse next month and have a justice of the peace perform the ceremony. Since it will be nothing fancy, we have decided to invite just a few family members – his mom, grandma and brother, along with my mom and dad.

What we need advice about is how to tell his mom. She feels that mar-

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COMMUNITY EVENTS Wednesday, Aug. 13 Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, Haymarket Square, 317 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-284-3306.

Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, West Second Street, Rock Falls, 815-625-4500.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th Ave., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Crafting, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Mexican Train Dominoes, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Birthday party, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Cards, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Sewing after lunch, noon, Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-5893925.

Bingo with the Beukemas, 12:15 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Pinochle, 12:30 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Book Club, 12:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bingo and bridge, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Rock Falls American Legion Hall, 712 Fourth Ave. Wii Bowling, 1 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Second Wind Entertainers, 1:30 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Community cards, 2 p.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-456-3000.

Farmers Market, 4-6 p.m., Mount Morris Public Library parking lot, 101 E. Front St. Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., Riverfront, downtown Dixon.

Kings Kids Club, 6 p.m., Liberty Baptist Church, 2002 Ninth Ave., Rock Falls, 815-579-1209 or 815-625-4101.

Sauk Valley Chess Club, 7-9 p.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-6228838.

Thursday, Aug. 14 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Quarterly breakfast, 8:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bingo and popcorn, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Line dancing, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Community coffee, 10-11 a.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-456-3000.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Hand & Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-7323252. “Hand and Foot� card game, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Crocheting, knitting and crafts, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Euchre/500 games, 1-2 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Bingo, 1 p.m. Sterling Women of the Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Euchre, 1 p.m., Sterling Moose Club, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-622-8220.

Euchre and treats, 1-3 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, 217 First Ave. Mexican Train dominoes, 6 p.m., Tampico Area Community Building, 106 W. Market St., Tampico, 815-535-3665.

Bingo, 7 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

riage is just a piece of paper, and you shouldn’t need it to prove how committed you are.

Because of her views, he wants to “surprise� her the day of the wedding when we all arrive at the courthouse. I feel it’s a bad idea, and she should have some time to get used to the thought of us being married.

Any advice you can offer on when to tell her, and how to handle what she’s going to say? – Future Daughter-In-Law

friend’s mother should be told beforehand, and the good news should be delivered by both of you.

When she delivers the predictable “marriage is just a piece of paper� comment, you should respond that the piece of paper is an important one to you, and your boyfriend should tell her he’s doing this because he loves you and, in the event that anything should happen to him, he wants to provide for you. If she gives you an argument, remember that you’re asking for her blessing – not her permission.

Dear Future D.I.L., I agree that your boy-

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Thursday, Aug. 14 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Abuse Changing team, 815625-0338.

Twin City Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., CGH Medical Center Ryberg Auditorium, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling.

Blood pressure screenings, 7-8 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

TOPS IL 1426, 8:30-9 a.m. weigh-in, meeting at 9 a.m., Coloma Homes, 401 W. 18th St., Rock Falls.

Free blood pressure clinic, 8:30-9:30 a.m., The Eureka Inn, 110 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

Foot health checks, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-5625050.

TOPS IL 825, 9-10 a.m. weighin, meeting at 10 a.m., Coventry Activity Center, 612 St. Mary’s Road, Sterling, 815-626-0034.

Office of U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., open, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 212 Third Ave., Sterling.

Computer classes, 9 and 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9:30 a.m., YMCA, 2505 YMCA Way, Sterling.

Free blood pressure checks, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Healthcare Center, 811 S. 10th St. First Steps and Beyond for Survivors meeting lunch, 11:30 a.m., Sunrise II Family Restaurant, 101 W. Second St., Byron.

Reservations due by 10 a.m.

Thursday: 815-732-2499.

Caregiver Support and Education Group, noon, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling, 815626-7333, ext. 317.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon and 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 5:30 p.m., open, beginners; 7 p.m., closed, step, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214.

Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, 12 and 12; 8 p.m., closed, 12 and 12, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls, back door.

KSB Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., second floor, Town Square Centre, 102 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 2:30 p.m., closed, clearance required, BAAbble on for Life Prison Group, 815-973-6150.

Free Naturalization and Immigration Services, 3-5 p.m., Sauk Valley Community College Room 1E08, 173 state Route 2, Dixon, 309-736-7727.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Pinecrest Manor Terrace Conference Room, 414 S. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, 815734-9069.

Narcotics Anonymous, 4-5 p.m., Sinnissippi Centers, 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 5 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-441-4452.

Speak Boldly Toastmasters, 6 p.m., Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St., Sterling.

Ladies of the Elks, 6:15 p.m., Wagon Wheel, 1711 W. Fourth St., Sterling.

TOPS, 6:30 p.m., Rock Falls United Methodist Church, 210 Fourth Ave., 815- 625-0431.

Al-Anon and Alateen, 7 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling.

PEO Sisterhood Chapter KM, 7 p.m., home of Kathy Morley.

Sterling Optimist Club, 7 p.m., Candlelight Inn, 2907 N. Locust St., Sterling.

Whiteside County Natural Area Guardians, 7 p.m., Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, 815-772-3811.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, and Ala-Non, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 709 Fourth Ave., Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Big Book, Rolling Hills Center, 201 state Route 64, Lanark.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, St. Anne Church, 401 N. Cherry St., Morrison.

Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus practice, 7:30 p.m., Rock Falls Community Building, 603 W. 10th St., 815284-7569.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, United Steelworkers, 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Appointment: 815-284-9555.

Friday, Aug. 15 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

National Association of Health Underwriters Continued Education Class, 9 a.m., 6 E. 23rd, Sterling, 800-798-1771.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:3011:30 a.m., Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon.

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Healthcare Center, 811 S. 10th St. Blood pressure checks, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-5893925.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214.

Downstairs, west door.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, closed, It’s Your Meeting; 8 p.m., open, grapevine, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls, back door.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed; 10 p.m., open, candlelight, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon and 6 p.m., open; 10:30 p.m., open, candlelight, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, noon-1:30 p.m., County Market, 1380 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

Sauk Valley Gluten-Free Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1013 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; Al-Anon-Alateen, 7 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, state Route 52 N., Amboy.

Reformers Unanimous Addiction Abstinence Program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2682.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed; Rochelle Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, First Congregational Church, 218 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church, 201 N. Division St., state Route 26, Polo.

Alcoholics Anonymous District 73 meeting, 8 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church, 201 N. Division Ave., Polo.

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Pizza at home in backyard An attachment for a Weber grill called the KettlePizza makes a very good approximation of a wood-fired pizza on a reasonable budget.

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KettlePizza, customized, turns grill into a stellar pie-making dream oven

BY RUSS PARSONS MCT News Service

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ives there a cook whose heart beats so cold that he has not entertained dreams of building a wood-fired pizza oven in his backyard? Not in my house.

Just imagine summer evenings with friends gathered around the fire, shoveling in custom pizza after custom pizza, each emerging within a few minutes, blistered and browned on the top and with that perfect leopardspeckled char underneath – crispy, chewy and tender at the same time.

But when I broached the subject with my wife, who has already imposed a strict one-in/one-out moratorium on kitchen gadgets, she just laughed.

How many toys would I need to get rid of to equal one pizza oven?

And when she found out that said pizza oven would cost as much as a small car, she positively howled. Cruel.

However, I have found an alternative. Granted, it doesn’t have the architectural grandeur of the glorious oven I cooked in at a friend’s house on the Palos Verdes Peninsula the other week. And I’ll admit that the pizzas are not yet quite as foolproof.

But they’re pretty danged close.

It’s a gadget called the KettlePizza, and it fits over the top of the ubiquitous Weber grill. And after a little tweaking and a lot of learning curve, I have to say that it’s kind of terrific.

You can order the KettlePizza from www.kettlepizza.com in various formats. The most basic includes a pizza stone and sleeve that fits over the grill, with a hemispherical cutout that lets you slide the pizzas in and out. This costs $150.

Other formats are basically embellishments and range up to $400.

The operation is simple in outline but a bit more complicated in execution.

You build a fire in the grill and arrange the coals in a C-shape. Add a couple of good-sized chunks of hardwood, and when those catch fire, place the sleeve on top with the pizza stone on the grill.

Cover and wait until the fire gets really hot.

And it will. Using just this bare-bones setup, I got temperatures on the stone of more than 600 degrees (uh, I did have to buy an infrared thermometer – one of those guns that shoot a laser beam at a surface

to measure the temperature; seriously, it was for science – and my wife was out of town).

That’s way hotter than any home oven, but the pizzas still weren’t as good as I’d hoped.

So I took to the Internet, where there is an active cult of KettlePizza enthusiasts (there are more than 4,000 videos on YouTube). The high priest of this group is my old e-friend J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, and his series of posts on the Serious Eats blog at www.seriouseats.com should be required reading.

Following Lopez-Alt’s advice, I tweaked my KettlePizza by putting a second grill on top of the sleeve and using that to support a cover. I used the Baking Steel I’d ordered a couple of years ago for my kitchen oven, flanked by the 25-year-old quarry tiles I’d used for baking pizzas before that. (LopezAlt, along with the designer of the Baking Steel and the designer of the KettlePizza have now teamed up for a deluxe package that will do all of this for you in a much more elegant build ... It’s $400, with part of the proceeds going to charity.)

This arrangement reduces the volume of air that needs to be heated by the fire and also provides an upper radiant heat source to better cook the top of the pizza. In fact, the biggest problem I had after this tweak was that the oven was too hot – the pizzas cooked much more quickly than I was expecting (do not even think about getting a beer while the pizza is baking).

It took a few tries to get the process refined. But I am now able to maintain an oven temperature of 650 to 750 degrees for

almost an hour before refueling and turn out pizzas that bake consistently in less than 5 minutes.

At least until I win the lottery, my pizza dreams are satisfied.

Tips for making a wood-fired pizza Here are some of the tips that I learned while perfecting my KettlePizza technique.

Use charcoal briquettes rather than lump charcoal, and use a lot of them. Briquettes don’t burn as hot as the lump, but they burn longer.

You’ll need two to three chimneys’ worth of charcoal to get the heat you want for the length of time you’ll need it.

Arrange the briquettes in a C shape, and make sure that you stack them higher in the back (this improves the flow of hot air over the top of the pizza).

You have to be much more proactive about managing the fire than you do in normal grilling; once you’ve got the temperature you want, shut down the top vents almost entirely and close the bottom vents halfway to maintain the burn.

Keep the pizza stone relatively close to the front of the grill. The farther back it is, the more uneven the heat.

Expect to rotate the pizza two or three times to get even browning.

Keep the toppings simple and relatively spare.

Especially at first, loading down the pizza with ingredients will make it harder to get from peel to stone.

Work quickly when building the pizza. Even well-floured dough will start to stick to the peel if it is left alone, and that’s especially true once you’ve started to add toppings.

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his month, we are celebrating the first annual Kids Eat Right Month. For the entire month of August, we are spotlighting healthy nutrition and active lifestyles for children and their families. This is so important, especially at the start of a new school year.

We want our children to do well in school, get involved, listen and be respectful. Nutritional status largely affects how well they can do those things. As a parent, you have control over the food choices in your household. Smart food purchases will help your child excel this school year. Focus on your kids eating a healthy breakfast, a healthy lunch, and a healthy snack after school.

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Here are some ideas: Build a better breakfast: Include protein and fiber from whole grains at breakfast to keep your child satisfied until lunch time. Examples of healthy breakfast proteins include peanut butter, low-fat cottage cheese, eggs, egg substitute, low-fat milk, string cheese, low-fat yogurt and Canadian bacon or lean ham.

Add a whole grain such as bread, cereal, oatmeal, or waffles. Limit the high-sugar breakfast

items such as Pop Tarts, Toaster Strudels, doughnuts and sugary cereals, which will drain energy and leave your child hungry and sluggish. Look for cereals with 8 or fewer grams of sugar.

Some breakfast ideas include peanut butter on toast with milk, scrambled eggs in a wholewheat tortilla, high-fiber cereal with yogurt, whole-wheat waffles with berries and light syrup, and a hard-boiled egg with milk and fruit.

Create an energizing lunch: Eating a healthy lunch will keep your child’s mind sharp and ready to learn all afternoon. Always include fruits and veggies in lunches, even if your child only eats part of them. Habits are developed at an early age, so always having vegetables and fruits at meals is a great habit to form.

Stick with plain water or low-fat milk as the beverage. Stay away from juices and sodas that will rob energy levels. Fill bread, wraps, pitas and sandwich thins with lean meats or peanut butter, low-fat cheese, and veggies. If the idea of having bread (again and again) is getting stale, serve up some low-fat tuna or chicken salad in a container to eat with a fork, or wrap lean meats and string cheese in a big lettuce leaf.

A small container of peanut butter to put on celery or crackers combined with fruit, a yogurt and milk is a healthy and quick lunch. Use leftover whole-wheat pasta and add some low-fat Italian dressing, sliced cucumbers, carrots and cherry tomatoes and some shredded cheese for a pasta salad.

Homemade trail mix

ASIAN CUISINE

Add kimchi to give tacos a twist

BY JILL WENDHOLT SILVA MCT News Service

You’re no doubt familiar with the many authentic Mexican-style tacos available at local taquerias, including al pastor (layers of adobomarinated meat), al carbon (grilled meats), de guisados (casseroles), carnitas (pork cooked in its own fat) and charrales (fish).

Korean tacos, however, are less-common Midwestern fare.

The fusion delicacy originated in California under the auspices of Kogi, an L.A.-based taco/Korean barbecue truck that has attracted a legion of loyal Twitter followers and Facebook fans. It’s also captured the attention of publications such as Bon Appetit and Time.

Kogi creator Roy Choi taught director/actor Jon Favreau how to chop, dice and slice with precision in the food truckthemed movie “Chef,� which was released this year.

Kogi’s Korean taco is reported to combine traditional beef bulgogi, a sesame-soy marinated barbecue beef that is either grilled or pancooked, then topped with kimchi, spicy fermented cabbage.

The Star’s Korean-Style Grilled Beef and Vegetables on Crisp Tortillas uses ready-made kimchi available in the refrigerator section of some supermarket produce sections. Using lowsodium soy sauce further reduces the amount of sodium in this recipe.

Plan ahead: The meat needs to marinate for 4 to 8 hours.

Shopping tip: Read the label on the kimchi since various brands have differing amounts of sodium. Kimchi is a fermented, spicy Korean condiment made of cabbage. It is fairly high in sodium, so read the label, drain well and realize that using a little adds a lot of flavor.

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Serve up some satisfying snacks: Even with a great breakfast and healthy lunch, a light after-school snack is needed to refuel children’s bodies before play or study time. A handful of nuts or a small bowl of cereal is perfect, or maybe some sliced veggies and low-fat dip. Half a sandwich and a glass of low-fat milk is great for keeping hunger away and energy high. Skip the sugary treats, sodas, and candy, as these foods will just make your child hungrier.

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Refreshing wines for hot summer stretches MCT News Service

It’s August. Refresh yourself.

Try the 2013 Helfrich Pinot Blanc ($13), a lively and versatile Alsatian white with traces of citrus and peach.

Consider it a match for fried or roasted chicken, pork, cold cuts, appetizers. If you’d like a more complex white, look for the 2011 Helfrich Pinot Gris Grand Cru ($25), a fragrant, balanced and round wine with a hint of smoke. You’ll enjoy it with shellfish, finfish such as sole and flounder, and simply prepared chicken and pork dishes.

The 2012 Olivier Leflaive Bourgogne Blanc Les Setilles ($25) is a delightful white Burgundy. The chardonnay has fine varietal character and a sense of place from a producer respected for Puligny Montrachet, Chassagne Montrachet and Meursault. This is a flavorful, lessexpensive way to get acquainted.

And the bright 2013 Oberon Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley ($18), from an outstanding vintage, will be the ideal company for grilled seafood. You’ll find a suggestion of pineapple, plus citrus, in this vibrant white.

To assist with these wines: the Smart Touch Wine Opener ($25), an easy-to-use, twist-and-pull corkscrew that keeps the cork intact. Foil cutter is included. It’s especially good if you’re at the beach, on a picnic or just traveling. Available at viatekproducts. com.

And, to drink them: Wine Traveler ($15), in effect a sippy cup for vino. This is a 12-ounce, plastic wineglass within a lidded cup that prevents any spilling. It works whether you’re rolling on the beach, bouncing around in the golf cart, or toasting alfresco during a mosquito attack. Available at store.theproductfarm.com.

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Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis Militants see Kurdish-speaking minority as heretics worthy of death MALIKIYA, Syria (AP) – In a dusty camp here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve out an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop.

While the U.S. and Iraqi militaries struggle to aid the starving members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority with supply drops from the air, the Syrian Kurds took it on themselves to rescue them. The move underlined how they – like Iraqi Kurds – are using the region’s conflicts to establish their own rule.

For the past few days,

fighters have been rescuing Yazidis from the mountain, transporting them into Syrian territory to give them first aid, food and water, and returning some to Iraq via a pontoon bridge.

The Yazidis, a Kurdishspeaking minority who follow an ancient Mesopotamian faith, started to flee to the Sinjar mountain chain on Aug. 2, when militants from the extremist Islamic State group took over their nearby villages. The militants see them as heretics worthy of death. “The [Kurdish fighters] opened a path for us. If they had not, we

would still be stranded on the mountain,� said Ismail Rashu, 22, in the Newroz camp in the Syrian Kurdish town of Malikiya some 20 miles from the Iraqi border. Families had filled the battered, dusty tents here and new arrivals sat in the shade of rocks, sleeping on blue plastic sheets.

Camp officials estimated that at least 2,000 families sought shelter there on Sunday evening.

Nearby, an exhausted woman rocked a baby to sleep. Another sobbed that she abandoned her elderly uncle in their village of Zouraba; he was too weak to walk, too

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Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community look for clothes to wear among items provided by a charity organization Tuesday at the Nowruz camp in Derike, Syria. In the camps here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve an escape route to tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop.

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Palestinian officials: Israel has destroyed 63 mosques in war Nation, Hamas give different reasons for series of strikes NUSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) – Only the minaret still stands after an Israeli airstrike reduced Gaza’s AlQassam Mosque to a heap of concrete, iron rods and dust. Hours after the pre-dawn attack, rescue workers searched in the rubble, residents gathered – and plainclothes Hamas security agents mingled among them.

Also known as the Grand Mosque, it was one of 63 that Israel has destroyed in its monthlong war with Hamas, according to Palestinian officials. The reason, Israel says, is that Hamas is using mosques to stockpile weapons and rocket launchers, and to hide tunnels used to infiltrate into Israel and carry out attacks.

Gaza’s Hamas rulers deny the accusation, saying Israel is waging a war against Islam. On the ground, many Gazans react the same, saying Israel is attacking their faith.

In its determination to go after what it says are militant arsenals, Israel is throwing aside any reluctance it had in the past to hit religious sites for fear of a diplomatic backlash.

In Israel’s weeklong 2012 air campaign in Gaza, not a single mosque was hit.

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Many said they hadn’t eaten for days on the mountain; their lips were cracked from dehydration and heat, their feet swollen and blackened from walking. Some elderly, disabled and young children were left behind. Others were still walking to where Syrian Kurds were rescuing them, they said. “We are thankful, from our heads to the sky, to the last day on earth,� said Naji Hassan, a Yazidi at the Tigris river border crossing, where thousands of rescued Yazidis were heading back into Iraq on Sunday.

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A Palestinian woman walks Friday past a mosque destroyed by Israeli strikes in the village of Khuzaa, near Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Israel has hit and destroyed 63 mosques in Gaza in its monthlong war with Hamas, Palestinian officials say. The reason, Israel says, is that Hamas is using mosques to stockpile weapons and rocket launchers and hide tunnels.

Gaza’s Hamas rulers deny the accusations.

In the three-week 20082009 war with Hamas, Israel shelled 17 mosques and toppled 20 minarets, saying they were used as Hamas military antennas.

During recent visits by The Associated Press to a half-dozen Gaza mosques destroyed by Israeli strikes, residents categorically denied they were used by Hamas as hideouts for its fighters or as storage places for its hardware. “None. Absolutely none,� or “I never saw members of the resistance anywhere here� were the most common responses to queries about whether the militants used them for military purposes.

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And, indeed, most of the targeted mosques did double as social, education and health centers for residents, offering them medical care, classes to memorize the Quran and eradicate illiteracy, as well as sports events like soccer and table tennis tournaments.

Still, in a string of recent conflicts in the region, including the ongoing Syrian civil war and the 2003-2011 Iraq war, militants routinely stored weapons in mosques as Israel accuses Hamas of doing – the houses of worship serving as a deterrent to the enemy, since targeting them could create a public relations disaster.

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Peppers passing eye test, so far Former Bear looking good in green & gold

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Seeing Julius Peppers sporting a green and gold uniform, numbered 56 for linebacker, rushing from a two-point stance opposite Clay Matthews was an unfamiliar sight for one Chicago Football writer on Tuesday observing his first Packers practice of 2014.

The grace and fluidity with which the 6-foot-7, 287-pounder flew around the practice field – however impossible it still seems – was as familiar as ever.

Even at age 34, Peppers, who joined the Packers on a 3-year deal with $7.5 million guaranteed shortly after being released by the Bears in March, remains one of the game’s elite athletes and most formidable physical specimens.

The Bears simply couldn’t justify keeping around a player with an $18 million cap hit, whose productivity and motor waned sharply last season.

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The Morrison Mustangs run through offensive plays during Tuesday’s practice. The team uses garbage cans as defenders, since the varsity team has 18 players. Morrison opens the season against Princeton on Aug. 29.

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Eighteen players in solid, fire-engine red helmets stood in a line waiting for their coach to signal the start of yet another sprint, followed by pushups and core work.

Morrison coach Cory Bielema gave the orders, and the red helmets, filled with tired athletes, bobbed along, racing each other to an imaginary line and back again at the end of Tuesday’s football practice. “Coach B already made a statement this year about our conditioning,� Mustangs tight end Austin Keller said. “We need to be at another level than before. We’ve been working so hard.�

With 18 players on the varsity roster,

s 4HE -USTANGS WHO WENT 2-7 last season, are hoping to get back to the postseason after missing the playoffs for the first time since THE SEASON the Mustangs don’t have enough bodies for a full 11-on-11 scrimmage. The number also means that some players will have to play, and learn, multiple positions in order to complete the team.

Bielema expects some growing pains this year as players will have to be able to play extended minutes, some at unfamiliar spots.

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MLB | AL CENTRAL RACE

Rare August sight in K.C. Royals make appearance at top of Central standings

BY DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – When the Royals rolled out of bed Tuesday morning and glanced at the standings, they saw something that hadn’t been the case since many of them were in junior high school.

Kansas City was sitting atop the AL Central, and the playoffs were closer than opening day.

After they won their eighth straight game Monday night, against AL West-leading Oakland no less, the Royals assumed control of their division at the latest point in a season since 2003.

Perennial powerhouse Detroit had been relegated to second place, at least for a day, and an entire city that has been starved for winning was able to relish the moment. “I haven’t experienced anything like this, a playoff run,� said outfielder Lorenzo Cain, who was born a year after Kansas City last made the playoffs

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Indeed, the Royals have been a national laughingstock most of the past 30 years.

They lost at least 100 games four times in a particularly inglorious 5-year span, and churned through six managers in a 7-year stretch.

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Rory McIlroy celebrates after winning the PGA Championship on Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. It proved to be the most exciting major of the year, and cemented McIlroy’s place as the world’s No. 1 golfer.

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PGA brought clarity to golf, excitement to majors because the other three majors this year were on the dull side.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Great golf This time, golf saved its best can lead to short memories. major for last.

The PGA Championship proBubba Watson and Jordan vided the kind of theater anySpieth was only compelling until one could expect from a major.

Watson turned a two-shot deficit Big shots. Tiny mistakes. High into a two-shot lead around the stakes on every swing. Not even turn at the Masters. the confusion on the 18th hole, Martin Kaymer at the U.S. Open when the only major for profeswas exquisite for the golf purist, sionals looked more like amateur a snoozer for everyone else. No hour, could take away from that. one got closer than four shots But the best ever? over the last 48 holes.

Only a year ago, everyone was McIlroy had a six-shot lead at raving about Phil Mickelson Hoylake. That “maybe� moment turning in one of the great closwith Sergio Garcia lasted only as ing rounds in a major to win the long as it took him two shots to British Open on a back nine with get out of a pot bunker.

Adam Scott, Lee Westwood, More than the drama at Henrik Stenson, and Tiger Valhalla was the guy in the Woods in his way. starring role.

Four top players with a chance In a season filled with the unexin the final hour? Been there, pected – 11 players ranked outdone that. As much as Pinehurst side the top 100 have won on the No. 2 is remembered for Payne PGA Tour – McIlroy’s one-shot Stewart’s par putt, the 1999 U.S. victory over Mickelson in the Open came down to Stewart, final major of the year gave golf Mickelson, Woods, and Vijay some clarity. There is no doubt Singh over the last three holes. who’s the best player in golf.

Woods won the 2001 Masters to With his third straight win, complete his sweep of the majors McIlroy became the first No. 1 in a back-nine battle with Mickel- player to win a major since son. They were No. 1 and No. 2 in Woods won his last one at Torrey the world, joined by David Duval. Pines in the 2008 U.S. Open.

And those are just examples Of course, a great player can from the last 15 years. cause memory lapses, too.

This PGA Championship stood McIlroy is only 25, making out because it delivered great him the third-youngest player drama – and great timing. in the last century to win four Valhalla was even more exciting majors, behind Woods and Jack

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Nicklaus. Woods already had the career Grand Slam when he was 24, and while Nicklaus holds the record with 18 majors, Woods owns the definition of dominance. He won seven of 11 majors in one stretch, and he went 37 straight majors before missing his first cut as a pro.

In that context, McIlroy still should be talked about in terms of potential.

The last time McIlroy reached No. 1 with this kind of authority was at the end of 2012. He won the PGA Championship by a record eight shots, picked up consecutive FedEx Cup playoff events, and won the European Tour finale in Dubai. And then he changed his equipment. And he changed management. He got engaged and abruptly called it off.

It’s no coincidence that McIlroy’s big run started the week after he split with Caroline Wozniacki. There was concern in his camp that McIlroy was having a hard time getting into a routine to become the world’s best golfer when he was flying all over the world.

He has been all about golf since, except for the few occasions where he gathers with friends to drink out of golf’s most important trophies. McIlroy gave a glimpse of the latest celebration when he tweeted three words the day after winning the PGA. “I. Need. Coffee.�

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Pacers believe George will make full recovery INDIANAPOLIS – The Pacers expect Paul George to make a full recovery from the compound fracture in his right leg. They’re just not expecting that to happen this season.

On Tuesday, 11 days after George’s gruesome injury in a U.S. national team scrimmage, Larry Bird and Frank Vogel said doctors believe the two-time All-Star can be his old self after a long recovery.

What the Pacers don’t know yet is precisely how long that will be.

George underwent surgery Aug. 2, and returned to Indianapolis on Aug. 5. He is now recovering at his home.

Vogel said doctors told the team the injury did not involve ligaments, tendons, joints, or nerves, some rare good news in what has become a stressful offseason for the Pacers. “It’s bad enough for the franchise, but I feel

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Bird said the physicians who are treating George have not ruled out a MCT longshot, late-season Paul George, seen here during the Eastern return, though the Conference Finals, will most likely miss the entire Pacers won’t rush 2014-15 season after breaking his leg while play- George back. “It’s going to be up to ing USA Basketball this summer. our doctors, our medical staff, and Paul, but so bad for Paul because spoken publicly about we would never put him I know how hard he what happened on the works, how much it play when he attempted in a situation where meant to him to play for to block a shot on a fast he’d be uncomfortable,�

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Cubs’ ace in the hole Arrieta comfortable at top of Chicago’s rotation

BY MARK GONZALES Chicago Tribune

It’s no secret the Chicago Cubs will look to fortify their rotation this offseason through every avenue available, but Jake Arrieta reiterated he still welcomes the challenge of being the ace of their staff if that’s placed upon him.

Arrieta, who moved to the forefront of the rotation following the trade of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel last month, knows he’ll face tough tests similar to the one that the Milwaukee Brewers gave him Monday night in a 3-1 loss.

Arrieta retired 13 consecutive batters at one point, but Khris Davis hit a double with two out in the seventh inning to snap a 1-1 tie and hand Arrieta (6-4) his second consecutive loss despite allowing only five hits. “Our schedule will be a tough one from here on out, but we’ll be ready for it,� Arrieta said.

The loss was Arrieta’s first at Wrigley Field since Sept. 7, 2013 – also to the Brewers. Nevertheless, he could fit well as a top of the rotation starter, partly because of his 1.94 lifetime ERA in eight starts at Wrigley. “It’s something that’s very important for our

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Cubs starter Jake Arrieta pitches against the Rockies on July 31 at Wrigley Field.

Arrieta is now the ace of Chicago’s pitching staff, and it’s a role he relishes. ballclub and for every ballclub,� Arrieta said. “There’s a lot of responsibility there, but it’s a position that I’m confident to be in and comfortable to be in. I just have to continue to work hard and do anything and everything possible to continue to make strides. “If I’m able to do that, I’ll be in that position for quite a while.�

Unfortunately for Arrieta, he watched Mark Reynolds’ home run in the second that would

have landed on Waveland Avenue had it not been for a spectacular catch by a fan standing on the top row of the bleachers. “I talked to Mark on first [base] and said, ‘You got to do me like that?’ Come on,’� Arrieta said. “Good catch by the fan, good swing by Mark. I had a pretty good idea he’d be swinging there with a fastball. It leaked back to the inner-third [of the plate], and that’s what he likes.�

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Rookie Kyle Hendricks pitched 7 1/3 innings of six-hit ball in his third consecutive win, and the Chicago Cubs cooled off Wily Peralta and the Milwaukee Brewers with a 3-0 victory on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field.

Hendricks struck out five and walked one in his third consecutive win.

Anthony Rizzo hit his 26th homer for Chicago, which had lost three of four. Arismendy Alcantara had two hits and drove in a run, and Justin Ruggiano added an RBI single.

Trying for a major league-high 15th win, Peralta (14-7) allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. The rightAP hander, who had won The Marlins’ Casey McGehee (right) is safe at second each of his last five starts, with a double as he beats the throw to Cardinals has lost each of his three second baseman Kolten Wong during the fourth starts this season against last-place Chicago. inning Tuesday in Miami. The Cardinals lost 3-0.

Marlins 3, Cardinals 0: Jarred Cosart pitched

seven innings in a duel with Adam Wainwright to earn his first victory for Miami, which won at home.

Cosart, making his second start since the Marlins acquired him from the Astros, allowed three hits and one walk.

Wainwright (14-7) missed a chance to become the first 15-game winner in the majors. He went seven innings and allowed three runs, with two coming on a home run off the foul pole by Donovan Solano – only the sixth homer allowed by the Cardinals’ ace.

White Sox 2, Giants 0, 7th inn.: Adam Dunn clubbed

a two-run homer in the top of the first, and Chris Sale allowed three hits and struck out nine through the first six innings as the Sox led an interleague game in San Francisco.

Bold moves paying off so far for Royals AUGUST

has surpassed that total each successive season.

Last year was the true watershed, an 86-win Frugal team owner campaign that representDavid Glass was vilified ed their best record since by anybody who could 1989. But the truth was recall the days when that happened only after Kansas City was one a feverish second half, of baseball’s model which helped atone for franchises. a lousy May, but never It’s been a slow climb truly put Kansas City into back to respectability, too. playoff position.

While other clubs went This year, the Royals are on meteoric rises, genthe team that others are eral manager Dayton chasing.

Moore has spent nearly “They seem to do this a decade restoring the once or twice a year, go shine to the Royals. on a big run, and a lot He rebuilt a weak farm of times it’s a matter of system that has begun when you catch them,� to spit out major league A’s manager Bob Melvin talent. He made bold said. “The last couple trades, shipping away years, they’ve gone on Cy Young winner Zack streaks like this, and Greinke a few years ago when you look at their and top prospect Wil club, you can see why.�

Myers in another deal Start with the pitching to acquire starter James staff, which just might be the best in the majors Shields. right now.

And while their longWhile they might not suffering fans remained restless, progress became have the names of the evident: Since winning 65 A’s or Tigers – Jon Lester and Jeff Samardzija, or games in 2009, the club CONTINUED FROM B1

Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander – they have a bunch of guys who’ve been just as stingy: Shields has pitched to a 1.63 ERA in his last seven starts, Jeremy Guthrie and Jason Vargas have proven to be dependable veterans, and Yordano Ventura and Danny Duffy have unleashed their vast potential.

Ventura allowed just two hits in the Royals’ 3-2 victory over Oakland on Monday night, while Duffy is carrying a 2.57 ERA and hasn’t lost in his last five starts.

Their bullpen, anchored

by All-Star closer Greg Holland, has likewise been a steel trap.

Then there’s the offense, which has finally started to produce after an ugly first 3 months.

Billy Butler is starting to resemble his All-Star vintage of a couple years ago, third baseman Mike Moustakas appears to have righted his swing after banishment to the

minor leagues, and veterans such as Omar Infante and Alex Gordon have proven to be stabilizing forces.

Throw in the experience that one of the youngest teams in baseball got last year, and all of a sudden these aren’t your daddy’s Royals anymore – they’re your grandpa’s Royals, the club that was always in playoff contention in the 1970s and early ’80s. “We’re out there playing and having fun,�

Butler said. “We’ve kept grinding, and we don’t let anything affect us. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing, we just play our game.�

Sure, there are still more than 40 games left in the regular season.

Sure, it’s possible the Royals will cool off down the stretch. And sure, anything can happen in baseball.

But at least for one sunny morning in Kansas City, the Royals were in first place.

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Trick law doesn’t apply every time

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

Kin Hubbard, a journalist and humorist who died in 1930, said, “Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.”

I assume he means that if you lend someone a book, you will never get it back. I agree with that. However, the word “except” applies to this deal. What should West lead against four hearts?

East opened with a weak two-bid, showing a respectable six-card suit and 6-10 high-card points. Then, after South overcalled three hearts, West raised spades, applying the Law of Total Tricks. With nine trumps, bid to the nine-trick level. However, in this instance, it was perhaps not the best choice.

It effectively pushed North

into bidding four hearts. And if West had then bid four spades, he would have given the opponents a fielder’s choice – double or bid higher. Here, though, he allowed

the prevailing vulnerability to keep him quiet.

There was a strong case for jumping straight to four spades over three hearts, to pressure North. And pressured him it would have. He might well have gone to five hearts.

Now to West’s lead. It is normal to select partner’s suit – except when you have an ace-king holding in an unbid side suit. Here, West should definitely lead the club ace.

East will signal with the eight, starting a high-low (an echo) with his doubleton. West will cash the club king and lead a third round. East will ruff it and the diamond ace will defeat the contract.

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BY GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Rookie receiver Davante Adams won’t use the monsoon-like conditions as an excuse for letting two punts slip through his hands in his Packers preseason debut.

JC Tretter thinks his first start as Green Bay’s center went rather swimmingly for having to endure the wet weather in Tennessee.

They were memorable games for different reasons for two young players expected to play key roles in Green Bay this season. “You can’t make excuses,� Adams, the team’s second-round draft pick, said Monday. “That’s ultimately what it comes down to, who makes the most plays when the weather is bad like that.

Whoever steps up to the plate is going to come out on top.�

Adams, who had a prolific career in Fresno State’s high-octane offense, finished with two catches for 22 yards in the 20-16 loss Saturday to the Titans. He also went out to field the first two punts – somewhat of a surprise, given his relative lack of work in that area in public portions of practices – and muffed each time, losing the second.

The turnover set up a Titans touchdown.

The pouring rain didn’t provide ideal conditions for a debut. Adams also hurt his wrist on the second muff, an injury that kept him out of practice Monday.

Receiver Jordy Nelson also sat out practice Monday with a sore hamstring that had sidelined

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Minnesota Gophers chase down Northwestern tailback Venric Mark during a game last season. Mark has been suspended for the Wildcats’ first two games.

Back receives bad marks Fifth-year senior reflects on ‘shocking’ suspension a respectful way. I can’t always be your friend. I’m KENOSHA, Wis. – Vena teammate, and teamric Mark termed his susmates make sure teampension “shocking,� but mates do the right thing.� the Northwestern tailWhile addressing his back and return man did teammates the night have time to prepare. He before the news broke, found out over the sum- Mark “challenged the mer he would have to sit team to make great out the Wildcats’ first two choices and look after games against Cal and each other,� coach Pat Northern Illinois.

Fitzgerald said. “He said “Does it hurt? Yeah, it he’d be the best scout hurts really bad,� Mark running back in the said Tuesday after praccountry. He was exceltice. “But there’s no point lent. He owned it.� in pouting. I’m going to Mark, a fifth-year senior embrace it.� who redshirted last seaBy embrace it, Mark son, clashed with coachmeans he will try to use it es early in his career, but to help the team. seemingly was a model “If you don’t do somestudent-athlete since his thing right,� he said, “I’m brilliant 2012 season – going to call you out on it. 1,366 rushing yards and But I’m going to do it in All-America status as a

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Packers receiver Davante Adams gets set to run a route during a preseason game Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. The rookie muffed two punts in his debut. short memory, then the better off you’ll be, especially in a league like this,� Adams said. s 4WO TIME !LL !MERI Overall, coach Mike can selection in 2012, McCarthy liked how 2013. his team fared in the s 7INNER OF THE preseason opener, espe0AUL 7ARFIELD !WARD cially given the elements. s CAREER TOUCHDOWN CATCHES SET A NEW Besides the rain, sideline SCHOOL AND -OUNTAIN communication through West record. the headsets was a probs 2ANKS IN A TIE FOR TH lem, so players had to IN &"3 HISTORY IN CAREER make calls on the field.

TOUCHDOWN CATCHES “Clearly, to me, that was probably one of the him since Friday and best preseason games kept him out of Saturthat I’ve ever been a day’s game. Nelson was part of, just because it bothered by a hamstring was a training environinjury in 2012. ment that you can’t creBoth Nelson and Adams ate,� he said. “So those are considered day-toare things as a coach, day, and neither injury you try to create that in appears to be serious. practice.�

The more reps, the betTretter, a fourth-round ter for Adams if he wants pick out of Cornell in to help replace the pro2013, is in his second year, duction of veteran James but hasn’t had any game Jones, who left as a free experience after spending agent in the offseason for Oakland. Adams is already the majority of last season on injured reserve with talking like a veteran. an ankle injury. Tretter “The shorter your went from a 238-pound memory is – not playtight end as a freshman to book-wise – but in my football, if you make a 300-pound left tackle by mistakes, if you have a his senior year.

Adams at Fresno St.

Peppers showing he has some left in tank TEST

home in a Green Bay defense priding itself on CONTINUED FROM B1 increased versatility.

Coach Mike McCarthy That didn’t stop one seemed pleased not team source in April only with his more flexfrom predicting a change ible defense, but the of scenery would lead progress of its biggest to a big rebound from addition.

Peppers, who certainly “I think Julius is doing looked the part of a play- good,� said McCarthy. er enjoying a fresh start “We’ve asked a lot of him during and after practice – we haven’t just lined on Tuesday. him up in one spot. He’s “We’ll see about that,� getting more and more Peppers said when asked comfortable. I think if he’s too old to make an Julius is having a good impact. “I’m not going camp.� to really get into much Peppers called his of discussing what I can transition to outside and can’t do – we’re linebacker “smooth,� going to let the film saying he made some speak.� adjustments, but the Last season’s film spoke position isn’t all that volumes. It showed a much unlike end, a role player still capable of tak- he’ll likely continue to fill ing over games, as he did on occasion. in monster performances Indeed, the “elephant� at Minnesota and role Dom Capers enviDetroit. But in roughly sions for Peppers will 12 other starts, Peppers include him spending was close to invisible, a time at outside linetough task for a man of backer and end, but also three-technique and, on his incredible stature. occasion, maybe even Tuesday’s practice – next to Matthews. albeit one non-padded The goal is to create presession – revealed a player seemingly with plenty snap confusion, and the belief is that Peppers’ size left to give. From talking shop on the sideline with and athleticism can still create conflict for opposfellow outside linebacking blockers. The Packers ers Matthews and Mike Neal, to blowing by hap- think using Peppers less than the Bears did, closer less offensive lineman in one-on-one pass rush to 50 percent of snaps than the 80-plus he was drills, Peppers was fully deployed last season, will engaged and looking at

also help maximize his productivity.

He might be rejuvenated, but Peppers remains the same quiet, subdued personality he was during 4 years with the Bears.

Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari, who as a rookie had the task of blocking Peppers, admitted as much when asked if he’s had the chance to ask his foe-turned-teammate for any pointers. “He’s a very quiet guy,� said Bakhtiari, “and the last thing I want to do is interrupt a quiet man in his own thoughts. If he ever came up to me, of course I would love it.�

The Packers didn’t sign Peppers to give advice to Bakhtiari, nor to have him suddenly transform into a dependable locker room sound bite. They acquired him to take heat off Matthews – a job Green Bay has struggled to fill – and fortify a Capers defense that failed to pull its weight last season, when the offense was weighted down by injuries. “It’s about maximizing my abilities to try and fit into this defense and help this defense be more productive,� said Peppers. “I’m coming here to try and help this defense, help this team.�

punt returner.

Northwestern officials notified him of the suspension in June. He appealed it and was given the school’s final decision in late July. “I see this as a minor setback, not the end of my career,� he said. “There’s a great opportunity for the other guys.�

Fitzgerald echoed that, saying: “I think it will make us better in the long run. It might be a little crazy, but he gets 2 weeks less of hits.

Hopefully it will make us better in October because we [historically] stink in October. Hopefully he gets better and hungrier because of it, and other guys get some experience that will make them better in the long run.�

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CONTINUED FROM B1

The head coach has stressed to players over the summer months that entering the first week of practice in top shape is important, if they want to be competitive this season as a team with limited numbers. “As a tight end, I have to be able to know about blocking packages and routes,� Keller said. “We also have about two or three [quarterbacks], and they are practicing as running backs as well as quarterbacks. “With the way Coach is doing our offense this year, it allows for guys to pick up and learn positions quickly.�

Added Bielema: “Some backs are learning new positions on the line, and some linemen are learning to be backs. It’s a process that we’ve all adapted to.�

Bielema has also come up with ways to have effective practices without the capabilities of praticing with a full team.

One way has been the use of a popular drill that he learned several years ago.

The dull hollow thump of hands smacking plastic could be heard over the echoing noise coming from the Whiteside County Fair just beyond the trees at the high school’s football practice field.

The Mustangs were running offensive drills against overturned gray garbage cans. “It kind of represents where we feel the defensive line will set up,�

Bielema said. “It helps to get some more reps against positioned objects, especially in the situation where we are just running around in helmets.�

Bielema picked up the drill when he was coaching at the 2010 Illinois

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The Morrison Mustangs run through plays during practice Tuesday afternoon. The Mustangs have focused on conditioning and different drills to combat low numbers.

Shrine Game. Geneseo coach Larry Johnsen brought in buckets for a few of the practices, and Bielema liked the idea enough to adopt his own version of the drill and started to use it in his own practices.

On Tuesday, Bielema called out plays from a white sheet of paper, and the offensive line would crash into the cans, pick them up and move them out of the way to create a would-be hole for the ball carrier. On passing plays, the line would create a pocket by manipulating the overturned cans.

The team lined up against a 4-3 front, which represented four linemen and three linebackers, and Bielema made sure to address hand placement among other intricacies. “It definitely helps a lot,� said Mason Sitzmore, a senior quarterback. “It gives the linemen a chance to look at what they’re dealing with, and it helps to see some moving pieces really early on in practices.�

The cans mimic opposing defenses, and help players visualize what they will face in the coming weeks. Sitzmore kept the

ball a few times and took advantage of the open holes created by the line.

The cans, he said, help ingrain plays into memory much faster when you see the plays work.

The Mustangs open their season at Princeton Aug. 29, and the Tigers’ base defense features a 4-3 front, something Morrison is already scheming for.

Keller and Sitzmore both said that excitement is always high in practices, but they also know both sides of the tale. The two were on the sidelines as freshmen when the Mustangs won the state title in 2011 after a 13-1 season.

The following year, the Mustangs went 6-4, before finishing with a 2-7 record a season ago, and the two are trying to lead a bounce-back season. “Right now, it’s easy to get excited at points in practice,� said Bielema, who is entering his seventh year as head coach. “They’re knocking over the garbage cans, which is nice, but we’re going to get to the point soon where those garbage cans will fight back. “At that point, we can really start evaluating.�

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847-738-2334

ROCK FALLS Edon Apts. 2BR, $400 $500mo., dep. Refs. Req. 815No dogs.

441-3999.

Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-718-1784 THICKSTEN APTS. 1 & 2 BR houses 815-499-4217

STERLING

STERLING

RIVER RIDGE APARTMENTS

Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

2 Bedroom Great Location Garages Available

$

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DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

APPLIANCES

Quonset Hut, nonheated storage, 1,584 sq. ft., $200/mo. 815-3782151

THURS. FRI. SAT. 8 AM - 5 PM 107 Keul Rd. (Next to Wal-Mart) Large Charity Sale

CLOVER HILLS

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Next to

Rent to own homes available with small deposit.

815-535-1076

ALDI in Sterling

1-815-414-2288

Why Rent When You Can Own? 2BR, full basement.

Albany. $300/ mo. + option. 815-259-3168

NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS

DIXON

Studio, 1 & 2 Bedroom Washer & Dryer Units Fitness Center Balconies / Patios Open House Daily

Nice 3BR, NE, lease, no pets, call Vicki 815-973-4444

MILLEDGEVILLE Nice 3BR, 2 ½ BA, Lg. Garage, new energy effic. heat & A/C. $700+dep.

Pets extra dep.

630-779-4525

1st Month FREE! Call Me 2-Rent (815)632-7368

OREGON

(Located Behind Northland Mall)

2BR, 1000 S. 3rd St. full sz. basement, dishwasher, garbage disposal, A/C, huge back yard. $700/ mo.

815-973-5451

Sterling Rentals Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave.

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2BR home. Appliances furnished.

Central air. Garage.

References and deposit required. $595 per month.

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ROCK FALLS

(815)626-1431 NEW TODAY 2BR Ranch style Duplex. A/C, stove, refrig., W & D. Breezeway, garage No pets. 1st mo. $500/mo. Last mo.

Rent $500, $200 Dep. 815-626-4951

NEW TODAY Lg. 1BR (lower).

No pets. Water, W/D, stove & refrig.

Furn. A/C garage.

1st mo. rent. $485/mo. Last mo.

Rent $485. $200 dep. 815-626-4951 Park Setting, 2BR, 1832 2nd Ave., 1st floor, A/C. Applcs., garage, Near CGH & Rec Center. $585 815-499-0199 Spacious 2BR apt.

Stove, refrig. furn.

Lease/dep. Req. H&H Rental Properties LLC 815625-7995

400 Ave. E. 2BR, Full bsmt., C/A. No pets. $550, $550/d.

815-590-8233.

Small 2BR, garage No pets. 815-6250624.

Sunny 3 BR, with family room. Why Rent? $598/mo 815-878-7399

STERLING RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

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POLO

606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

402

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REMINDER: ESTATE TAG SALE LORRAINE MUNDT owner AUG 15th & 16th Open 10am 808 E. 2nd St. Rock Falls The house if full!

SALE BY SAUK VALLEY ESTATE SALES & SERVICES More info & photos see estatesales.net

AREA GARAGE SALES 624

GRAND DETOUR GARAGE SALES 624 Thurs. 8-4, Fri. 12-4, Sat. 8-2 3653 W. Canal St. Moving Sale!!!

Tools, garden stuff, Fridgidaire W & D bases, camping stuff, composter, faux fireplace, wool to hook, books, & misc. items.

ROCK FALLS GARAGE SALES 624 Thursday 10-5 & Friday 10-6 30368 E. Thome Road Huge Garage Sale includes tools, clothes, furniture, and appliances.

Wed. & Thurs.126, Fri. & Sat., 8-4 400 Galt Ave. Weather permitting.

Faux fireplace, toys, artwork, vintage, collectibles, holiday, advertising,clothes, costume jewelry, knickknacks, tools, lamps/ lighting, books/ cookbooks, clothes. Too much to list it all, come check it out!

STERLING GARAGE SALES 624 Wed., Thurs., Fri. 8-2 Sun. & Mon. 8-?

1626 29th Place Estate Sale Prom dresses, bridal gounds, porcelin dolls, barbie dolls (in boxes), furniture & too much to mention.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705

Thurs. & Fri. 9-4, Sat. 8-12 2020 W. 4th Street at the corner of Hancock & 4thStreet. Large Garage Sale!

Furniture, children's items & miscellaneous!

I Buy: Antique furniture, fishing tackle, toys, post cards junk. 815-445-6151

SELL

has a mobile home available for rent! $595/mo.

Call Kristine for details.

815-772-8943

(200) 1:18 & 1:24 scale model cars, furniture, clothes, golf clubs, glassware, lawn & shop tools, lawnmower, antiques & more.

100's of new items

DIXON GARAGE SALES 624

MORRISON Tall Pines Mobile Home Community

Everything Must Go

those unwanted items with the help of a Sauk Valley Classified Ad

Original Civil War good Sword, cond. $500/obo 815-284-9967

710

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815.625.8529 Kenmore Deluxe elec. dryer. Excl. cond. Dixon $100 779-861-3120 Reliable, LIKE NEW used appliances, cmsappliance.net (815)626-1003 Stainless Steel flat top stove & oven, less than 2 yrs., moving, $300 firm, exc. cond.

815-631-5248

FURNITURE

755

Dark wood RollTop Desk, $50.

815-631-5248 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

Solid Oak dining room set, round table, extends w/ 2 leaves, 6 chairs.

Like new! $600 OBO. 815-6522103

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 765 French Horn, exc. cond., 815-2885431

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 4, 3 mo. old kittens, free to good home.

815-2841130 or 815-4401780 Bassett Hound pups, $250, call Chris 815-973-5742 Sm. 2 yr. old dog free to good home.

Good w. kids. 815499-7304

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

LAWN MOWERS

779

2010 Exmark Lazer Z 0-turn commercial mower. 24hp 52â&#x20AC;?

Kawasaki. deck.

Purchased new, garaged. Only 100hrs. Like new. $7500/obo, over $11,000 new. 815631-9600.

Sears 12HP, B.S. 38 inch cut Rider.

5sp. NO HOOD. Good Cond. $325.

815-973-3223

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

WANT TO BUY 795 We buy hand tools, power tools, fishing & camping equipment, jewelry, yard & garden lawn tools, small kitchen appliances, 815-626-2145

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE 2 Faceted lead crystal candle holders w/box $40 815-288-4910 Coated, 4 Sears 28 X 22 Poster colored fiberboard. $60 815-288-4910

LEGAL NOTICE FOR FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1:30 P.M. 1403 AVENUE A, ROCK FALLS, IL 61071

625-3600 284-2222

1 or 2BR, $430 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty 2 BR for $500 Water, sewer, garbage incl.

Coin W/D, No pets/ No parties.

Call Diana: 630-327-7046 2nd floor efficiency $325, Quiet bldg.

Small pet may be OK. 815-441-1389 or 630-399-1204.

Apts. No pets. Call 815-716-0367.

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Following restrictions apply: No Rummage Sales, Real Estate, Rental Ads or Business Ads. Items must be owned by senior citizen placing ad.

At the premises I, Lyle Dirks, having been designated by the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Whiteside County, Illinois in the case entitled, Sterling Federal Bank, F.S.B., Plaintiff v. Kevin Fogarty, Debbie Ottaviano, Unknown Heirs or Legatees of Barry Fogarty, Unknown Owners, Non-Record Claimants and Kipp Meyers as Special Representative, Defendants, case No. 2014 CH 31 ST DV VDOH RIÂżFHU WR FRQGXFW WKH VDOH ZLOO VHOO WKH IROORZLQJ GHVFULEHG SURSHUW\ DW SXEOLF DXFWLRQ WR WKH KLJKHVW TXDOLÂżHG ELGGHU LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 51 of Durstineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Subdivision of the North 20 acres of Lot 4 of the Subdivision of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 21 North, Range 7 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, situated in the City of Rock Falls, County of Whiteside County and State of Illinois, commonly known as 1403 Avenue A, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071. DESCRIPTION: 4 room ranch home with 624 square feet of living area with a deck, central air and a one car garage. INSPECTION: Contact Linda Murray at Sterling Federal Bank of Sterling, phone 815-622-3413 to determine if property is available for inspection. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and possession. All funds shall be CASH, BANK DRAFT, or CERTIFIED CHECK. Sale is subject to taxes for 2013 and all subsequent years. TAXES WILL NOT BE PRORATED. A contract embodying the terms of this notice and such additional terms DV GHHPHG DSSURSULDWH ZLOO EH VLJQHG E\ WKH VDOH RIÂżFHU RQ EHKDOI RI the court and by the buyer at the time of the sale. Any sale is subject WR FRXUW DSSURYDO $Q\ VSHFLÂżF UHVWULFWLRQV RQ SURSHUW\ RU WLWOH ZLOO EH announced day of sale. Announcements day of sale take precedence over any printed material.

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Bicycles

Eikenberry Sheet Metal 412 E. 3rd Sterling Service work heating & cooling; gas, electric. Free estimates. Accept Visa & MC on all new installations.

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Asphalt

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*Seal Coating *Crack Repair *Asphalt Repair *Line Striping *Infrared heat patching License, Insured & Bonded 815-632-9555 **FRANKLIN** MAINTENANCE Pothole Repair Hot Pour Crack Filling Seal Coating Line Striping Bonded-Insured 815-284-6806 T & M PAVING

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Dumpster Rental

LAUTS MASONRY & GENERAL CONTRACTING •Brick Block Stone & Cultured Stone Work •Tuck Pointing Chimney Repair & Removal Over 35 Years Experience Quality work for a reasonable price.

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Cleaning Service

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Concrete Contractors

CONCRETE • Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios CONSTRUCTION • • • • •

Garages Additions Remodeling Decks Homes

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Gutters

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Power Washing

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JOHN'S CLEANUP & REMOVAL Anything goes!!

Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

Frank's Anything Power Washing Stripping Paint & Cleaning Homes, Decks, Driveways Commercial & Residential * Fully Insured * Call 815-213-0675

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Brick & Masonry

Basement Waterproofing Prater Paint & Waterproofing We Dry Up Basements & Crawl Spaces, Remediate Mold & Install E-Z Breathe™ Ventilation Systems 815-626-5165

Deck Builders

Call Elite Seamless Gutters, Inc. for a free quote.

Dumpster Rental for Clean-ups & Construction Small & Large containers avail.

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Excavating

815-712-1227 or 800-922-1413

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Handyman

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Genl. Contracting COOK'S QUALITY CONSTRUCTION Your Area Leader in Home Repair, Remodeling, Siding, Decks, Drywall, Elect., Plumbing and much more.

Int./ext. painting, power washing, decks, houses, RV's, etc. 10% Spring Disc., additional 5% for AffordSeniors. able, reliable, proFree fessional. estimates.

All calls returned. Licensed, Insured, Bonded.

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Read Sauk Valley estate section and Real Estate Weekly on Thursdays.

Home Improvement

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Falling Meadows Land-care Is now accepting new clients for your landscape maintenance needs. One time or weekly service is available.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS STERLING FEDERAL BANK, F.S.B., Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES D. RUCH, MARIA D. RUCH and SPRINGCASTLE AMERICA FUNDING TRUST, THROUGH ITS TRUSTEE WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, BY ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE, Defendants.

2014 CH 53 PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: Springcastle America Funding Trust, through its Trustee, Wilmington Trust National Association, by Assignment of Mortgage 601 N.W. Second Street, Evansville, IN 47708 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given you, Springcastle America Funding Trust, through its Trustee, Wilmington Trust National Association, by Assignment of Mortgage, Defendant in the above-entitled action, that an action has been commenced against you in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Case No. 2014 CH 53, by Plaintiff Sterling Federal Bank, F.S.B., in which the Complaint seeks foreclosure of a mortgage owned by Sterling Federal Bank, F.S.B., dated January 28, 2003, and recorded January 31, 2003 , as Document No. 2003-00973, among the land records of Lee County, Illinois, in which Plaintiff is the Mortgagee of certain real estate owned by Mortgagors' James D. Ruch and Maria D. Ruch, and that foreclosure of said mortgage action is now pending in said court and that the property affected by said cause is described as follows: Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 34 Township 22 North, Range 10 East of the 4th Principal Meridian, Lee County, Illinois bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 34; thence Southerly along the East line of said Southeast Quarter, a distance of 246.25 feet to the Point of Beginning of the hereinafter described tract of land; thence continuing Southerly along said East line on an extension of the last described course, a distance of 198.37 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 30.00 feet; thence Southerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 588.79 feet; thence Westerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 549.03 feet; thence Northerly perpendicular to the last described course, a distance of 778.35 feet; thence Easterly at an agle of 90º52'19” as measured counterclockwise from the last described course, a distance of 579.09 feet to the Point of Beginning, situated in the County of Lee and State of Illinois.

Common address: 1599 Old Mill Road, Franklin Grove, IL 61031 Springcastle America Funding Trust, through its Trustee, Wilmington Trust National Association, by Assignment of Mortgage, has a lien on the property being foreclosed by virtue of a mortgage in the amount of $45,000.00 dated May 19, 2004, which was assigned to it on December 30, 2013, and said Assignment recorded on January 7, 2014 among the Land Records of Lee County, Illinois as Document No. 2014 00087.

Consequently, unless you, Springcastle America Funding Trust, through its Trustee, Wilmington Trust National Association, by Assignment of Mortgage, file your answer to the Complaint in the action or otherwise make your appearance in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Illinois, at the Lee County Courthouse, 309 S. Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois, on or before September 13, 2014, a default judgment may be entered against you at any time after that date, in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. A judgment of foreclosure entered pursuant to the Complaint would be subject to your right to redeem or reinstate within the time and manner provided by law, if any.

Denise A. McCaffey Lee County Circuit Clerk

Lisa A. Gabriel WARD, MURRAY, PACE & JOHNSON, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 202 E. 5th Street Sterling, IL 61081-0400 815-625-8200 Aug. 13, 20, 27, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, LEE COUNTY ILLINOIS IN THE INTEREST OF Alexander Neuschwanger, a Minor.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, LEE COUNTY ILLINOIS

IN THE INTEREST OF Isaac J. Farve, a Minor.

NO. 11 JA 16 AMENDED NOTICE To: All Unknown Fathers and Isaac J. Farve and “All To Whom It May Concern” Take notice that on December 2, 2011, a Petition for Adjudication of Wardship was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by the Lee County State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of Lee County entitled in the “Interest of Isaac Farve , a minor”, and that in the fourth floor Courtroom 420 of the Lee County Courts Building, Dixon, Illinois, on the 25th day of August, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a Termination of Parental Rights Hearing will be held. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH THE POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.

Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered.

Denise A. McCaffrey Clerk of the Circuit Court

By Susan Meany Date: July 31, 2014 August 6, 13, 20, 2014 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on July 31, A.D. 2014, a certificate was filed in the office the County Clerk of Whiteside County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Sauk Valley Pack 'N Ship located at 109 st 1 Avenue, Rock Falls, IL 61071 Dated this 31st day of July, A.D. 2014.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, LEE COUNTY ILLINOIS IN THE INTEREST OF Adam Farve Jr., a Minor.

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NO. 12 JA 11 AMENDED NOTICE

To: All Unknown Fathers and Toby aka Tobias Neuschwanger Neuschwanger and “All To Whom It May Concern”

To: All Unknown Fathers and Adam Farve Sr. and “All To Whom It May Concern”

Take notice that on January 25, 2010, a Petition for Adjudication of Wardship was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by the Lee County State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of Lee County entitled in the “Interest of Alexander Neuschwanger, a minor”, and that in the fourth floor Courtroom D of the Lee County Courts Building, Dixon, Illinois, on the 22nd day of September, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a Termination of Parental Rights Hearing will be held. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH THE POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.

Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered.

Denise A. McCaffrey Clerk of the Circuit Court

By Susan Meany Date: July 24, 2014 Aug. 6, 13, 2014 Resolution #R2014-08-09 to close Fourth Street for Taste of Fiesta Activities at Grandon Civic Center on Saturday, September 6 and Resolution #R2014-08-10 to close streets for Bridge the Community Race and Fiesta Day Parade on Saturday, September 13 were passed at the August 4, 2014 City Council meeting. These documents are published in pamphlet form and available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, 212 Third Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Marie Rombouts City Clerk August 11, 2014

Take notice that on November 13, 2012, a Petition for Adjudication of Wardship was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by the Lee County State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of Lee County entitled in the “Interest of Adam Farve Jr., a minor”, and that in the fourth floor Courtroom 420 of the Lee County Courts Building, Dixon, Illinois, on the 25th day of August, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a Termination of Parental Rights Hearing will be held. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH THE POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.

Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered.

Denise A. McCaffrey Clerk of the Circuit Court

By Susan Meany Date: July 29, 2014 August 6, 13, 20, 2014

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2006 Suzuki 650 Boulevard, 1,660 mi., red, bags, windshield, cover, always garaged, like new, ½ price of new, $2600/obo.

Cash.

815-4410285 2007 Yamaha Morphous scooter, 250 CC, 1,978mi., Exc. Cond., $3,000 Firm.815-275-9682 2007 Yamaha VStar Classic. Windshield, pass. seat w/back rest, bags, Vance/Hines pipes.

4,900 mi. $4,000.

815-626-2639.

2008 Roketa Scooter, 150cc w/ locked blue box & matching full helmet, asking $625 815-973-9010 2008 Suzuki Burgman 400cc Scooter, 6,300 miles $3500 815590-0154 2013 Victory Vegas Highball, only 200 mi. Matt black, many ape hangars, 106ci, 6spd. Solo seat.

100 Hp. Showroom new!

Over $15,000 in$11,850/ vested, obo. 815-631-9600

A.T.V.S

2004 F150 Super Crew, 4x2. 43K mi.

Loaded. Exc. cond.

Stored winters. $18,500. Call 815499-4129.

2006 Ford F250 4x4, Super Duty Lariat 4 door short box. Leather heated seats. 150k mi.

All highway mi.

Diesel. One owner.

No rust.

Never driven in the winter. Excellent Condition. $11,500.

815-590-1677

VANS

911

1993 Chevy G20 Handicap Van, asking $2500, Has 600# capacity remote control handicap lift, van runs great, recently replaced shocks, battery, & rebuilt transmission. 815973-2579 1995 Chevy C30 box van, equipped w/air compressor, air hose, warm air tubing, Kohler generator built in supplying 110/220 electricity, locking tool drawers, flashing service lights.

New transmission & battery. Was used as service & pressure washing truck. Runs great! $6500/obo. Please contact Jim 815213-0855.

936

2002 Polaris Sportsmen HO 500 157 hrs., $3500 815-973-3765 2008 Polaris HO Sportsman ATV, 604mi. $3800.

815-718-1169.

BOATS/MOTORS

940

18 ft. Bonanza open bow w/ tandem trailer, 165 hp Merc Cruiser, new stereo/spkrs $2500 210-216-5891 18 ft. Conquest V6, marc. Crus.

Less than 75 hrs.

Cracked block w/ trailer. $2,000 extra 815-625clean.

1293

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NEW TODAY 2000 Chevy S10 4x4, good cond., V6, A/C, 5 speed, 190k mi. $2850 Call 815-677-0201

935

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2006 Pace American low profile trailer, 6'x12'. Sinaxle, elec. gle brakes, 3,500# Dexter Torsion axle, Beaver tail and more. Exc. shape. $3300/obo.

815-625-7903 2014 Coachmen 22' camper, sleeps 6 Catalina Santara Electric Series.

Awning and tongue jack. $14,000. 815441-8535 Onan generator for RV w/elec. start.

Low hrs. & very quiet. $700/ obo.

815-973-3277.

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960

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AUCTION

August 16, 2014 at 10:00AM 611 N. Dixon Ave. Dixon, IL 61021

Having collected for many years, Lorrie Grefenson has decided to downsize and will be selling the following collections at auction. Collections include Victorian and Mid-Century Art deco, Art Pottery and Art Glass.

McCoy, USA and Haeger Pottery, Noriaki Vase, Vase Collection, Ceiling Lamps, Lamp shades, Old Smoking Stand, Country Living Magazines, Knick-Knacks, Book Ends, Childs Chairs,Avon, Tins, Mini-Chair Collection, Chicks-Hen-Rooster Collection, Cat Figurines, Mini Shoe Collection, Heart Collection, Coffee Grinders, Fleur-De-Lis Collection, Warner Bros. Cartoon Glasses (Bugs, Daffy, Elmer), Fire King Dining Set, Sewing Stand, Enamelware, Wood Boxes, Old Mirrored Medicine Cabinet, Round Lighted Display Case, Old Sap Buckets, Book Shelves, Gothic Style Buffet, Candleholder Collection, China, Old Vintage Hats, Art Deco Glass and Pottery, Baskets, Lusterware, Vintage Lighting, Period Valentines, Heart Boxes, Old Pillows, Period Mirrors, Picture Frame Collection, Leather Bottles, Old Stove Made into Glass Top Table, and other items too numerous to list.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014 You can’t eliminate every difficulty, but you can choose to exploit the good things that do come your way. Don’t give in to defeat if you encounter a roadblock. Setbacks and disappointments will give you the chance to prove your resilience and capability.

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PUBLIC AUCTION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014 – 2:00 P.M. 27859 KNIEFROAD, ROCK FALLS, IL61071 DIRECTIONS: South of Rock Falls on Buell Road to

Knief, then right. Watch for signs.

Couch with recliners on both ends and matching love seat, round oak table with 4 chairs, 3 piece bedroom set, Quasar console TV, cane bottom chair, electric heating stove surrounded by wood mantel, 4 drawer chest of drawers, bed with headboard, Tappan microwave, baby crib, recliner, glider, hide-a-bed, Spitzer floor safe, Duncan Phyfe table, computer equipment, records, electric deep fryer, dehumidifier, books, dishes, Weber grill, 2 Rand bicycles, 24 foot extension ladder, 6’ step ladders, scuba equipment, ban saw, hand tools, garden tools, bench grinder, weed eater, yard ornaments, wet wheel, battery testers, file cabinet, Christmas items and more. COLLECTABLES: ladderchair-ironing board (very unusual), trunk, oak dresser (excellent condition), old wringer, washboard, steam flat iron, other flat irons, foot locker, several old cameras including Brownie, tripod for camera, doll, windmill, crocks, and others.

TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECK HAVE POSITIVE ID NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ITEMS AFTER SOLD

CINDY HARTMAN, OWNER

AUCTIONEERS: Rob Young, IL441000593; Lyle Dirks, IL440000128 Phone: 319-327-1754; 815-626-3358 CASHIER: Lola Jean Behrens; CLERK: Cheri Lockhart yellowpagelistings.net/home/dirks

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NEW TODAY 1999 Plymouth Voyager. 6 cyl. No rust. $1,900. 815590-0131 or 815631-6199 2005 Dodge Caravan SXT, remote sliding doors and hatch. DVD player. $1,500 OBO. 779861-1090

960

PUBLIC AUCTION

1944 Farmall H, good tires, runs good, painted, bucket assemblynot painted, $3900 815-946-3730

A 5 Line REAL DEAL

925

1974 Johnson 25 HP outboard motor. Storage stand, pull start, tank and fuel line inc. Runs good. $500 219779-8740 Bass boat, 16 ft. $2,850. Can see at 1108 Avenue B, Rock Falls, Call 815-625-6658 Cajun 8' 6”. V Max 150 hp., runs great & loaded $8,000.

815-562-7377

AUTOS WANTED

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New Oats for Sale 815-440-4621

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PARTS & ACC.

940

PUBLIC AUCTION

Tree Work,Trimming, & Hauling 779-245-0527 Sauk Valley Area

905

BOATS/MOTORS

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Simplicity Model 514/5hp chipper / shredder, used only 4 hrs., sale less than ½ price, $250 & Sears Carry Top carrier, used once. $40 815-732-7127

AUTOMOBILES

912

1996 GMC Sierra reg. cab, 128K mi., good cond., runs great, $3200/obo 815-590-9511

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30 Bundles of Celotex dimensional 25 year shinglesnew. Weather gray color. $350. 815284-8513

1977 Ford LTD 2dr.

1-owner, 42,000 miles, $6000 obo Must See! in Dixon 630-772-5051

4X4S

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3 liquidation plywood, copper pipe, roof tar.

Builder Discount 815-626-4561

904

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2 grave plots, Chapel Hill Cemetery Garden of Hymm $450 ea.

Buyer pays transfer fees.815-718-3164

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HAZELHURSTANNUAL FALL CONSIGNMENTAUCTION - POLO, IL Saturday, September 6, 2014

Location - Midway between Polo, IL and Milledgeville, IL (17748 W. Milledgeville Rd, Polo 61064) at the corner of Milledgeville Road and Ogle (Brookville) Road. Ample off road parking, loading dock and boom tractors available to unload & load most anything.

Machinery, tractor, vehicle and miscellaneous farm related listings for the sale should be in by August 19 for placement on the sale bill and proper advertising.

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To list equipment, contact: LYLE HOPKINS (IL#440.000185) Polo, IL 815-946-2660 or 800-848-9519 Email - slpaspolo@gmail.com * Fax - 815-946-3745 815-225-7730 - Sale Sight (only during business hours 8-6) LENNY BRYSON (IL#440.000158) Polo, IL 815-946-4120

Sale Location - Mrs. Sherwood Shank Family Farm

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Case 1840 skid loader; skid attach - pallet forks, log splitter & post hole digger; 2009 Royal 7x15 enclosed trailer; 2013 PJ dump trailer (new 4/13); 2012 Chevrolet Silverado K1500 4 door, 17,500 miles; Honda 24â&#x20AC;? walk behind tiller.

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Grizzly - 8â&#x20AC;?x75â&#x20AC;? jointer, 10â&#x20AC;? table saw, lathe, shaper, 6â&#x20AC;? surface grinder, 20â&#x20AC;? thickness planner, upright drill press; Craftsman radial arm saw; stationary & spindle sanders; Delta 12â&#x20AC;? band saw; Makita 10â&#x20AC;? & 12â&#x20AC;? sliding compound miter saws; Dewalt Jobsite table saw; Ridgid 12â&#x20AC;? thickness planner; several air compressors; 2 Coleman generators; Honda EU200 generator; skill saws; reciprocating saws; drills; several routers; jig saw; dove tail jig; biscuit jointer; new Makita screw JXQ 3DVORGH FRUGOHVV IUDPLQJ QDLOHUV 3DVORGH FRUGOHVV ÂżQLVK QDLOHUV KDPmer drills; Bosch rotary hammer; Makita 18 volt drill, saw, hammer drill, grinder, charger, batteries; Craftsman sockets & open end wrenches; screw drivers, etc; lathe chisels; several rolling tool boxes incl Craftsman, Waterloo & Mastercraft; paint sprayer; Delta dust collector; Freud dust collector (new in box); 2 Stihl chain VDZV QXPHURXV IXUQLWXUH FODPSV ODGGHU MDFNV Âś Âś ÂżEHUJODVV H[W ODGGHUV step ladders; Little Giant ladder; 6 sets 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; scaffolding; scaffolding plank; 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; aluminum walking plank & loading ramps; shop vac; drop cords; shovels, post hole digger, etc; wheel barrow; lawn roller; misc building materials; numerous stacks rough sawn lumber incl 3x12â&#x20AC;?s; fence posts; dog kennel; bicycles; corner cabinet; rd oak table, cabinets; wood burning furnace.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s On the River 201 North Main Street, Port Byron, Illinois Wednesday, August 20, 10:30 AM WOW! 2 Alto Shaam cook/hold ovens; 2 Turbo Chef High H Batch pizza ovens; Broaster V24 Rotisserie; Complete Captive Air 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; hood system; FRQYHFWLRQ RYHQV FKDUJULOO Ă&#x20AC;DW JULOO IU\HUV slicer; #10 can racks; s/s tables & sinks; 54 bar chairs; 12 bar tables; 7â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; front bar w/canopy; 3 bottle coolers; mug chiller; bar sink; TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; CCI 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; walk in cooler; 450# ice cuber; True 2 door cooler & freezer; 4 refrigerated prep tables; Boat Collectibles - Motors & DĂŠcor; patio furniture; 2 Re-Verber radiant heaters; Business & Dining; Ill #441.000663 10% buyers fee.

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AUCTION

Due to retiring from farming the following items will be offered at Public Auction located at 8880 Wilmot Road, Fenton, IL 61250.

Directions from Interstate 88 - exit at Albany Road proceed northwest approx 1 mile to Burns Road, follow that to sale sight at Wilmot Road OR exit Interstate 88 at IL Rt 78, proceed north ½ mile to Black Road, then left 3 miles to Fenton, then left on Fenton (Burns) Road approx 3 miles to Wilmot Road, south to sale sight. Watch for Auction signs.

10:00 AM

Friday, August 22, 2014

Lunch by Poor Boys Catering

Sale Order: Household items, racks followed by machinery

Tractors - Combine

MF 8160 Dyna shift FWA, 3pt, triple hyd, 10 frt wgts, 540-1000 PTO, 520/85R 42 axle duals, 420/85R 30 frts, 1889 hrs (#G01636); MF 8160 Dyna shift FWA, 3pt, triple hyd, 11 frt wgts, 540-1000 PTO, 18.4Rx42 axle duals, 30â&#x20AC;? frt tires, 3520 hrs (#G065022); MF8160 Dyna shift FWA, 3pt, triple hyd, wgts, 540-1000 PTO, 18.4Rx46 axle duals, 14.9Rx34 frts, 3867 hrs (#G076009); 1974 Oliver 1955, cab, WF, 3pt, power shift, power adj wheels; Farmhand F348 loader, lg bucket, good shape; C-IH 2388 FRPELQH ÂżHOG WUDFNHU KHDGHU FRQWURO $)6 PRQLWRU [ \U ROG

tires, Mauer bin ext, Cummins engine, 3693 eng/2764 rotor, machine been through shop every year (#269983); C-IH hyd assist rear axle (sold separate); set of 24.5x32 rice tires for combine; C-IH 2206 corn head 6-30â&#x20AC;?, poly, hyd deck plates, tracker header control (#18112); homemade cart; C-IH 1020 platform 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, F&A, 3â&#x20AC;? cut, metal snouts (#316581); JD running gear head cart.

Machinery

Landohl 855-22 Finishall, straight blades, 5 bar drag (#50077); Krause 1900 disk, 9â&#x20AC;? spacings 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;; Glencoe 9 shk soil saver (no springs) drag; %XVK+RJ 6+ GLVN FKLVHO VKN Z KHDY\ GUDJ -' VHPL PWG 5B plow; Lindsay 4 section drag cart; 4 section drag cart; 4 section drag; C-IH 950 planter 12-30â&#x20AC;?, frt fold, Yetter row cleaners, smart boxes, monitor; C-IH 5400 drill 15â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, grass seed, markers, coulter cart, drag (#1635); pull type sprayer, 300 gal tank, boom, PTO pump; IH 183 culti 6-30â&#x20AC;? w/rolling shields; J&M 620 grain cart, corner auger, roll tarp, 30.5Lx32 tires; Parker 5255 gravity box, gear, rear brakes (#20563); 2 Parker Grain Chariots, rear brakes, 500 bu, roll tarps; Ficklin 400 bu GB w/JD gear, center dump; 10â&#x20AC;?x42â&#x20AC;&#x2122; PTO auger; Fetrel 8â&#x20AC;?x41â&#x20AC;&#x2122; motor drive auger; 2 misc augers; Behlen 1000 bu portable wet bin; Brillion rotary 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; mower, pull type; Woods 3pt forklift; 3pt bale PRYHU JRRVHQHFN Ă&#x20AC;DWEHG Âś ZRRG Ă&#x20AC;RRU KRPHPDGH UDPSV

Miscellaneous

Approx 2 rack loads of misc items; 2 - 14.9x26 tires & rims; 16.9x38 duals; Case wgts; 2 JD rear wgts; tire chains; bulk seed hopper w/ auger; category 3 quick hitch; 500 gal & 300 gal fuel barrels w/110V pump; 300 gal fuel barrel w/12V pump; other misc fuel barrels; 2 manual Toyota transmissions; 3 baby pig creep feeders; moisture tester; vise; cables; elec welder; usual misc rack items.

Donald Eugene Dye - Owner

Guns & Equipment

Browning Superposed 12 ga; Remington 700 .223 w/scope, box & case; Remington Scoremaster .22 w/case; ammunition reloaders & supplies; lg gun safe; compound hunting bow w/arrows.

Live & Online - Fantastic Bar & Restaurant Auction

Questions call Rod 815-266-9594

Terms - Cash, good check, Master Card, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards. All items must be settled for day of sale. Number system will be used, have proper ID. Not responsible for accidents or merchandise after sold.

Auctioneers: Polo, IL 61064 Lenny Bryson (IL#440000158) 815-946-4120 Mark Ebert (IL#440000341)

Clerks: Public Auction Service /\OH 6KHU\O +RSNLQV ,/

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REAL ESTATE AUCTION SAT. AUG. 30TH - 10:00 AM 420 E. DIXON ST., POLO IL

Lot size: 130x230. Home: 1870 Gothic, 2-story brick home.

2600sq.ft. w/full basement. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath. 2 marble fireplaces, oak hardwood floors, nat. gas forced air heat. City water & sewer. Detached 40x60 3-stall garage/metal pole building. Half cement floor, overhead door.

Mike Zuck Estate

TERMS: Nonrefundable 10% down day of auction. Balance due at closing, approx. 30 days. Taxes prorated at closing. Seller has the right to accept or reject bids. Property sells â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IS.â&#x20AC;?

Terms - Cash, good check, Master Card, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards. All items must be settled for day of sale. Number system will be used, have proper ID. Not responsible for accidents or merchandise after sold.

For viewing call Jim Calhoun, Auctioneer Phone: 815-244-9660 - IL Lic.440000333 FOR PICTURES www.calhounauction.com

Connie Zuck, Executor

Auctioneers: Polo, IL 61064 Lenny Bryson (IL#440000158) 815-946-4120 Mark Ebert (IL#440000341) 815-946-2809

Clerks: Public Auction Service Lyle & Sheryl Hopkins (IL#440000185) 815-946-2660-8000-848-9519

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Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; August 17, 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10:00 A.M. Collectors Hall â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 135 West Center St. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cambridge, IL. The Family of Jack & Lois Cassens of Sterling, IL. will sell the following at the above place and time. Visit our website on Thursday the week of the auction for pictures (generally posting over 400 photos). This is a one family auction with many great items. We will have 3 rings running at the same time, plan to attend and bring your friends.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR A LARGER LISTING

Waterford vase, bowl & candleholders; Jack-in-the pulpit vase; Portrait chocolate set & 6 cups; 6 Nippon nut cups w/lids; Admiral Dewey milk glass boat candy dish; 12â&#x20AC;? Murano glass vase; Feather & Fern pattern glass kerosene lamp; Perfume bottles; Rock Falls Dairy milk bottles plus other milk bottles; Hound handled pottery pitcher; Frederic Remington bronze horse statues; BJ Mene bronze horse statue; Cranberry glass basket; Prophetstown & Sterling, IL. Souv. pcs.; Fenton Burmese compote & bowl; Nice selection of primitives; Wood butter churn; Sinclair apple peeler; Pastel picture of Sailboat (signed Churchill); Lots of glassware & collectible items of all kinds; Pedal Cars: Red Baron airplane, Ford 8N, Oliver 70 row crop, Agco Allis 8765, JD 4430 & JD 4440, JD wagons, 2 IH 966, $0) ÂżUH ÂżJKWHU &RFD &ROD ZDJRQ %XGG\ / .UDIW )RRG 6LW 1 5LGH Tin windup toys; Arcade cast iron toys; Weeden toy steam engines; Oliver pull type combine; Plus many other toys; Oak Hoosier cabinet, Leonard 3dr. icebox, Room divider, 4 stack bookcase, Fancy back bar w/mirror & side bookcases w/glass shelves plus other great oak & walnut pcs.; Iron Carousel horse on Coca Cola stand; Vict. fainting couch; 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; glass showcase; Thomasville 4pc. bedroom set w/Queen bed; 2 Round cylinder glass curio cabinets w/3 glass shelves; Nautical compass stand (S.G. Brown); Walnut 1889 Chuck Wagon kitchen (rare); 2 Nice cond. cutter horse sleighs; Plus many other nice antique & modern furniture pieces; Plus much more.

Terms: Cash, Check, Credit Card â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ID Required â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Not Responsible for Accidents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lunch on Grounds

Stenzel Auction Service, Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Geneseo, IL. 309.944.3808 BUSINESS OFFICE: 135 West Center St. Cambridge, IL. 309.937.1444 AUCTIONEERS: Al, Jason, Jana Stenzel www.stenzelauction.com

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3:00 PM

MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2014 LUNCH BY POOR BOYS CATERING

Items belonging to the Lewis Dale Cathey, Don Dusing Est, Zachary Family, Judith Valenti, Dorothy Shank, Est of J. Hinkle, Tim Bothe & others.

Viewing will be Saturday, August 16 between 9 am & 12:00 noon. Shed is FULL! Second ring (furniture, etc) will start at 6:00 pm.

Household - Mowers - Tools - Miscellaneous

Whirlpool W&D, refrigerator, gas stove; mini fridge; tables incl glass top; chairs; hutches; usual kitchenware; cookie cutters; plated flatware in case; Sango & Meita china;stemware;2elecroasters;fruitjars;cookbooks;steins;elephantcollection;metal kitchen cupboard; sofas; coffee & end tables; sofa table; wicker chairs; recliners; rocker; childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rocker; stereos; RCA RS 1289 sound system; VCR DVD; records; kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books; assorted die cast cars; beany babies; Grandmother clock; entertainment center; lamps; chandeliers; desks incl roll top; file cabinets; beds; chests; dressers; shelves; linens; Christmas decorations; Bissell Powersteamer; The Scooter Store scooter; wheel chair; treadmill; Air Gometer; toboggan; sled; golf clubs; lawn chairs; picnic table; Twin Star elec heater; Kerosun heater; cement flower pots; Brinkman Smoke â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;N Grill; push lawn mowers; lawn cart, roller, sweeper, thatcher, Boelens 1B plow; Mantis tiller; Craftsman weed trimmer; table saw; band saws;Tool Shop; sander; drill press; SS rolling shop tables; IMS & Craftsman sandblasters; creeper; air compressors; Craftsman rolling tool box; wheel barrels; ladders; shop vacs; misc tires/rims; hardware; hand & garden tools; Sears 1½ hp router; cutoff saw; Dietzgen measuring tools; drop cords & cables; various sockets; toll box loaded; garden hose; flag pole; fishing poles; bird houses; bicycles; plus lots more.

Collectibles

6P GURS IURQW GHVN URFNHU Ă&#x20AC;DW IUW FKLQD FDELQHW FDQH ERWWRP FKDLUV VFKRRO GHVN chairs; 3 burner gas stove; safe w/combo; lg JH Morris safe w/combo; JD corn VKHOOHU ZDWHU SXPS UHG ZDJRQ IUXLW SUHVV Ă&#x20AC;DW WRS WUXQN QXPHURXV *RQH Z the Wind type lamps; jewelry; Singer 221-1 Featherlite sewing machine in case; PDQWOH FORFNV NHURVHQH ODPSV ÂżQJHU ODPSV FDUSHQWHU ER[ FURFNV FURFN jugs; triple brass bulb horn; Daisy Model 40 Red Rider BB gun; Ford & JD toy tractors; Trail Trac trailer; Tonka semi tractor; U-Haul van truck; sm sled; yard sticks; slaw cutter; 2 bucksaws; several table scales; tin Pepsi Cola sign; A&S, Sanitary, Fairview & other qts; Coss & Lawton ½ pts; few Dixon adv ash trays; several Dixon yearbooks; assorted baseball cards; 4 lg boxes comic books (â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) lots of Marvel; Mad, Cracked & other magazines; assorted baseball cards; Sandy Andy #76 sand toy; bag full of quilt patches; Heirloom silver plate in case; some silver serving pieces; Dutch oven; childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tea set; cup & saucer sets; blue carnival glass; pink depression; misc coins, Lincoln & wheat pennies, nickels, dimes, halves, Jamaica $50, plus various others.

Terms - Cash, good check, Master Card, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards. All items must be settled for day of sale. Number system will be used, have proper ID. Not responsible for accidents or merchandise after sold.

Auctioneers: Polo, IL 61064 Lenny Bryson (IL#440000158) 815-946-4120 Mark Ebert (IL#440000341) 815-946-2809

Clerks: Public Auction Service Lyle & Sheryl Hopkins (IL#440000185) 815-946-2660-8000-848-9519

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